Ok........., here is his e-mail, unedited (LOL):
What the hell kind of ISP is THAT ? ? Probably uses proxy servers, too...
There is no WINS support in OpenBSD. The real world uses DNS. WINS is a piece of crap that microsoft finally realized was a piece of shit and is dropping...
Anyway, I'll assume that she'll be running a PC behind her firewall. She won't need WINS on the OpenBSD box itself. She'll need it on the PC, and rules to allow WINS through the firewall to the ISP's WINS servers. I'd set OpenBSD up as a "standard" DHCP client. It'll get wins server settings from the DHCP server, but will ignore the settings.
I'd look up the ISP's DNS servers, and configure DNS accordingly.
Hope this points you & her in the right direction...
No matter what, implement a firewall.
I'll help more if you need.
Cheers
PS
He is Sun Certified, and you can tell he does not like MS <g>
He is always telling me how crappy Windows is. I hear horror stories from him, as his job is
Networks and Internet Security. He is one of the sharpest people I have met when it comes to
computers.
If you want his e-mail address I don't think he would mind. Let me know and I will PM you, since I will not be turning my PM back on.....another story...from another thread. |
