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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!vbcnet-west!garlic.com!news.scruz.net!noos.hooked.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.mathworks.com!gatech!nntp.msstate.edu!night.primate.wisc.edu!tmpnews.crd.ge.com!news.crd.ge.com!rebecca!lilith.albany.edu!jk7023 From: Jaime Kikpole <jk7023@cnsunix.albany.edu> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Please help a freeBSD newbie Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 17:33:15 -0500 Organization: The University at Albany Lines: 19 Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.93.970220173027.14199A-100000@lilith.albany.edu> References: <3304827D.549F@crl.com> <330886eb.2749133@Server> <87g1ywm4b8.fsf@phaedrus.uchicago.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lilith.albany.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Sender: jk7023@lilith.albany.edu In-Reply-To: <87g1ywm4b8.fsf@phaedrus.uchicago.edu> Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:36065 On Mon, 17 Feb 1997, stephen farrell wrote: > basically, you'll probably want to set up your freebsd box to > "support" the network. you'll want to run routed (routing daemon), > and DNS if you don't want to use names and not ip numbers (since macs > don't have an /etc/hosts). setting up the routing daemon is quite > easy, you simply set up some ip numbers (use the ones from the previous > post), run routed, and then tell the macs to use the freebsd box as a > "router" or "gateway" or whatever it is in the IP control panel. I don't mean to be a pain, but the MacOS actually does have its own equivalent to the /etc/hosts files. Its called "Hosts" and its located in the System Folder. The file that will be used will be in the currently active System Folder. Its a plain SimpleText file and can be edited quite easily. Of course, the MacOS isn't made to handle the sort of load that FreeBSD is. So I'd still recommend using it as your router, if all other things are equal.