Re: TCP/IP stack for PCs

[Carey Nairn <cp_nairn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 3 Jan 1995, Hugh S. Ellis wrote:

> 
> Hi there,
> 
> I will be using my FreeBSD system as a firewall through which my users 
> will connect to the Internet.  (Network's not connected yet since my firewall
> isn't quite ready :(   
> 
> While FreeBSD is really cool, I think I may get some resistance to converting
> all my users from DOS to FreeBSD.  Given that they may be running DOS, or 
> worse, DOS + Novell, what is the best way to allow them to access my FreeBSD
> server? 

Trumpet Winsock is quite good and supports SLIP and PPP as well as direct 
network connections.  Winsock will also allow machines with direct 
connections to get all their info from a bootp server if you ahev one 
running.It is used here quite a lot, as well as Microsoft's TCP/IP stack 
for Windows for Workgroups.

> 
> I have been told that there are some reasonable public domain TCP stacks for 
> PCs running Windows.  Any recommendations as to what I should be looking for?
> Also, if I can tune up my firewall, I would like to get them running X.  Are
> there versions of X for MS-Windows  out there?  What is likely to be most
> compatible with my FreeBSD system?
> 

There is a program called X-Win which will run X under windows but I'm not 
sure if it is shareware or public domain software...

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