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> what kind of switch are we talking about? It's managed?

Not from what I can tell, based on the model number Ed gave. Looks like it's
just a "plain ol'" switch.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christiansource-bounces at ofb.biz 
> [mailto:Christiansource-bounces at ofb.biz] On Behalf Of Josiah Ritchie
> Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 9:27 AM
> To: fmiller at lightlink.com; A Christian virtual Free Software 
> and Linux Users Group.
> Subject: Re: [CS-FSLUG] My turn for being clueless
> 
> 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/
> 
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