June 2006
Intermediate to advanced
912 pages
29h 12m
English
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Chapter 24. Networking with PPP and 802.11
IN THIS CHAPTER
Connecting your FreeBSD machine to the Internet using a dial-up modem or a wireless network is nowhere near as seamless as it is in a modern consumer operating system such as Windows or Mac OS X. Because FreeBSD is designed to be a server platform, its architecture assumes that it will be on a wired Ethernet network with a static IP address, and the vast majority of the administration tools in the system are geared toward such a configuration.
This does not mean it’s impossible to make FreeBSD work with your dial-up ISP or your DHCP-based 802.11 home or corporate network, however. ...