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by mr_esparza

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Hello,

I want to install FreeBSD on my PC(currently running Win2000) and turn it into a web server. Currently I have two computers setting behind my router, splitting my DSL connection. My concern is to have a secure server sitting behind the router and still be able to share the bandwidth. Is it possible to Install FreeBSD on one of these boxes use it as a web server and still share the bandwidth? If so how do I do this.

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by jay eckles

The router doesn't care what OS is being used by the computers connecting to it, so as long as the OS has a TCP/IP stack (both Windows and FreeBSD do), then you're fine. Just install FreeBSD on the one machine, and configure the network the same way you had it configured when it had Windows. It would probably behoove you to print out the network configuration screens in Windows BEFORE you install FreeBSD. That way you have a record of exactly what the settings were.

Exactly how to configure the networks settings for FreeBSD is a subject that cannot be treated in 1930 characters, but there's a ton of documentation for FreeBSD, a couple of nice configuration utilities, and a very helpful community of FreeBSD users.

Good luck.

Jay

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