[buug] (buug) Network rebuild

[Bruce Ferrell]

I'm lazy.  Assuming you have perl, you can put webmin on the box and
ease the pain of configuring complex things like dhcp, mail of vertually
any stripe etc.

www.webmin.com


f.johan.beisser wrote:
> On Sat, 15 May 2004, John Albrecht wrote:
> 
> 
>>  I currently have a Win2K server that handles my name,dns, and dhcp.
>>Also am running a Win2K Pro workstation along with (currently) 4 freeBSD
>>boxes that are running seti at home. There are several more freeBSD boxes
>>that are not running at the moment because of a office remodel.
> 
> 
> first, install FreeBSD on the machine you'll be wanting to handle
> services. next, add the isc-dhcpd package. it'll need to be configured,
> which can be a pain to do.
> 
> make sure one machine has two network cards. this is going to be your
> firewall. ensure you activate bridging between the two interfaces (read
> the freebsd handbook for how). on one network interface you'll have the
> DSL modem, on the other you'll have the hub/switch. this is your firewall.
> read how to configure it in the freebsd handbook.
> 
> take one internal machine, configure BIND and ISC-DHCPd on it. this will
> handle your internal DNS and dhcp services. again, read about how to
> configure it in the freebsd handbook.
> 
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