[CS-FSLUG] My turn for being clueless

[Josiah Ritchie]

On Tue, 2004-12-07 at 16:04 -0500, Fred A. Miller wrote:
> On Tue December 7 2004 2:41 pm, Ed Hurst wrote:
> > Frank Bax wrote:
> > > I would attempt to install a DHCP server on the FreeBSD system.  Two
> > > reasons: 1) The default install on WinXP for network cards is to expect a
> > > DHCP server. 2) DHCP server on FreeBSD will not only give the WinXP
> > > system an ip address, it should also provide ip addresses for dns servers
> > > so WinXP can "seamlessly" access the internet.
> >
> > For this part, I have the advice from a win-tech who says simply tell XP
> > to use PPPoE and tell it the connection is always on.
> >
> > As for the DNS, I have my box set to obtain the IP dynamically, and it
> > updates /etc/resolv.conf every time I connect. Adding a DHCP server to
> > my box would be something I don't yet know how to do. My preliminary
> > understanding is that my machine would handle this as part of the
> > routing process itself under NAT, etc.
> 
> Ed, understand that I THINK that switch HAS a firewall in firmware. If so, all 
> you need to do is to plug all 'puters into it, OR, for less than $20, you can 
> get a good multiport HUB. Plug the HUB into the switch, and all boxen into 
> the HUB.........easy. Do, however, make sure you setup the firewall, lame as 
> it is, on any XP box.

what kind of switch are we talking about? It's managed? That changes
things a bit. 

JSR/