Hello All - I have a 1U rackmount server (running FreeBSD 5.4) and a laptop (dual-boot running WinXP-Pro and FreeBSD 5.3) and I'd like to connect the two in a home network (not connected to the Internet) so I can learn web development using Apache, PHP, Python, Plone, Ruby, MySQL, PostgreSQL etc.
Later I'll co-locate the server in a datacenter. I'd like the home network setup to be similar to the eventual co-lo setup so that it would provide a realistic environment for learning and testing, with minimal changes once I migrate the server from my home to co-lo. The server has two 1000Base-T, 100Base-TX and 10Base-T Ethernet LAN RJ45 ports (Intel 82541GI and 82547GI controllers), supporting TCP, UPD, IPv4. For the time being, the only client connecting to this server will be the laptop. I don't have broadband at home, so neither the server nor the laptop will be connected to the Internet. There's a cybercafe in the neighborhood with broadband where I can download files, lookup documentation and burn CDs. I was able to borrow someone's keyboard and monitor to install FreeBSD onto the server - but after HTTP and FTP and NFS are set up I was hoping I could return the keyboard and monitor and be able to install and configure any additional packages using the laptop as the console. The laptop has an internal CD-RW. The server has a USB CD-RW - but no monitor or keyboard. Is this just a simple "intranet" I'm setting up here? Can anyone point me to documentation that would answer the following types of questions: - What sort of cables should I get? - Since the server won't be connected to the Internet for now, can I pick any old IP address, host name and domain name? - Once the network is set up, can I use something like SSH or Webmin from the laptop to install and configure packages on the server, without attaching a keyboard and monitor? - What security should I be setting up NOW, so that the server will be secure once it goes co-lo? Thanks for any help. Scott in Brooklyn ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"