[geeks] 486 as router/firewall/server

[Mike Nicewonger]

On Wed, 16 Jan 2002, you wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 16, 2002 at 01:18:41AM -0500, Dave McGuire wrote:
> > On January 16, Geek wrote:
> > > How many CD's is NetBSD? FreeBSD is only one or that's all I have. How well
> > > do the two BSD's(Net and Free) work, from experience, with those two NIC's?
> > 
> >   NetBSD is one CD.  Can't tell you anything about the NICs, sorry.
> 
> It should work well with the 3c509b.  I don't know anything about the d-link
> though.
> 
Dump the 509b. they can be a real PITA if you do not knoe the settings they are
at. If you MUST use the 509b get the configuration disk from 3Com and
set/determine the settings the card wants to be at. Otherwise buy some cheap
PCI NICS. Used ones should be not much more thaqn $7-10 each.

Mike N