Written by Azmawee and last updated on 09/30/2009 - [ freebsd ]

First of all, almost all of 3G modem in the market have a "Zero-CD" mode that will automaticaly install a driver when plug in to windows based os, so by default when we plug it in to our freebsd system, it will go to "Zero-CD" mode. We need to change this mode to a "Modem" mode in order to use it in our freebsd system. There are two ways to do this, either using camcontrol+devd or usb_modeswitch. I use camcontrol+devd method as by default it already in the system. So, while listening to your 8 GB china brand mp3 player or your Apple iphone or ipod, or some of you that have a super duper high output amp stereo hifi with a very big speaker that can blow out your entire neighborhood house, let's get started!

Written by Johan and last updated on 12/21/2008 - [ freebsd ]

Build a Samba PDC on FreeBSD with a ldap backend. This will not let you authenticate ssh users just a plain samba server for your windows clients.

Written by Terry Funk and last updated on 07/29/2007 - [ freebsd ]

DNS is at the very core of the Internet infrastructure and stands for Domain Name Server. DNS is a distributed, hierarchical database without which we would be typing IP addresses in our browsers instead of something like www.example.com. BIND can serve 1000s of host names and probably 1000s of zones. This how-to is aimed at that kind of installation. I will describe installing, configuring and maintaining BIND on a fresh FreeBSD installation in a secure chroot jail. I will also show how to set up zone files for one zone, multiple zones and a slave for other zones. I will also describe how to maintain your zones in a way that is easy. I will also include some tips. I will not cover caching or forwarding name servers. This document is meant to get you started -- it is not meant to be comprehensive.

Written by coolest and last updated on 06/25/2007 - [ freebsd ]

RANCID monitors a router's (or more generally a device's) configuration, including software and hardware (cards, serial numbers, etc) and uses CVS (Concurrent Version System) or Subversion to maintain history of changes.

Written by Jared Barneck and last updated on 02/19/2007 - [ freebsd ]

This guide describes the steps for both enabling and disabling anonymous FTP.

Written by overrider and last updated on 12/05/2006 - [ freebsd ]

First posted on Overridersworld. This document will describe how to get a Squid Proxy Server up and running for your LAN using FreeBSD and Squid. The info on the configuration file is by no means comprehensive. There is a lot that you might need to do differently, but I am running pretty much the same installation for around 100 users and it has served me very well so far in my situation. Also, I am not going into detail configuring the cache manager here. Just plain Squid Proxy Caching for your LAN.

Written by jdferrell and last updated on 03/22/2006 - [ freebsd ]

This guide will outline the basic steps for building a home-office router for use with a cable modem or DSL line using FreeBSD and Packet Filter (PF). It will cover updating FreeBSD, building a new kernel, and installing and configuring a DHCP server and DNS server to support a small internal network.

Written by Bert JW Regeer and last updated on 10/16/2005 - [ freebsd ]

This guide will walk you through setting up a DJB dnscache resolver.

Written by Donald Talton and last updated on 08/11/2005 - [ freebsd ]

Okay, I wrestled this for a few days; there is no real documentation on making a xBSD-based firewall talk the VPN talk to a Cisco PIX that I could find. It's based on racoon, with ipfilter doing the firewalling. gif interface support should already be compiled into the kernel unless you specifically removed it.

Written by Jon LaBass and last updated on 10/12/2005 - [ freebsd | openbsd | netbsd ]

Network configuration in FreeBSD can be a bit difficult because there are a few different text files to edit in order for your changes to be permanent. Hopefully this guide will clear some things up.

Written by Leigh Renfrow and last updated on 07/15/2005 - [ freebsd ]

This is part 1 of our upcoming series on IPv6. In this article we will explain how to setup and configure a FreeBSD router and client for IPv6. In upcoming articles you will learn how to configure and setup Windows Clients as well as OpenBSD routers and clients.

Written by Jon LaBass and last updated on 11/04/2007 - [ freebsd ]

I ran FreeBSD 5.2 for a long time with the default SSHd and then decided to upgrade to 5.3-STABLE. I normally use SecureCRT as my SSH client and I like password authentication. After I upgraded to 5.3, I could no longer logon using password authentication and I had to switch to keyboard interactive. This disallowed me from logging in with sftp from remote locations which really bummed me out. Here is the fix I found. This fix only affects people running FreeBSD 5.3 with the default SSHd -- not OpenSSHd.

Written by Kyle Symonds and last updated on 10/05/2004 - [ freebsd ]

This guide explains how to setup Samba to be the network WINS/NetBIOS server and win every network browser election (for when two or more XP machines are on the same network and access is denied constantly comes up while trying to browse the network). This guide assumes you already have Samba installed from the ports tree.

Written by Kyle Symonds and last updated on 02/25/2004 - [ freebsd ]

This guide will explain how to install and some basic configuration of the Internet Software Consortium (ISC) DHCP server. The DHCP protocal is an easy way to dynamically assign IPs over a network as well as set other options like dns servers and gateways network-wide. It can also be used to assign a static IP to a machine by using its MAC address.

Written by Kyle Symonds and last updated on 01/06/2004 - [ freebsd ]

This guide will explain on how to enable FreeBSD's internal BootP daemon and some basic configuration. BootP is a protocol like DHCP except is typically used by older technology, like my Asante IntraCore 6014DSB.

Written by Jon LaBass and last updated on 08/23/2010 - [ freebsd ]

Running a FTP server is quite popular for sharing files over the Internet. But, the FTP protocol is not as secure as some may think. By default, each FTP user has a system shell account and when connecting to the FTP server, all usernames and passwords are transmitted in plaintext. That means anybody sniffing your packets can gain access to your FTP accounts. This guide is intended to provide a solution to both problems. Pure-ftpd with puredb allows you to have throttled FTP-only accounts and the ability to use SSL.

Written by Derrick Lewis and last updated on 11/14/2004 - [ freebsd ]

The purpose of this guide is to provide the reader with enough knowledge to configure FreeBSD with a basic NAT/Firewall setup, allowing you to share your internet connection between all your computers with only one IP address, and to protect your network from hackers. This is not intended to be an exhaustive guide, merely a reasonably in depth introduction to get you off on the right foot as painlessly as possible. You will have to modify this guide somewhat to match your particular network configuration. Here are the settings I use for this guide: xl0 - External (internet facing) interface. Change to suit your configuration. xl1 - Internal (inside network) interface. Change to suit your configuration. 192.168.0.0/16 - Internal network address space/netmask. Change to suit your configuration. 0.0.0.0/32 - Generic internet address space/netmask. Leave this alone, unless you really know what you're doing.

Written by Jon LaBass and last updated on 10/21/2003 - [ freebsd ]

Just how do you get your Windows machines to access your FreeBSD server and printers? The trick is with Samba. Here I'm going to show you how to setup Samba so your server will appear in 'My Network Places' and configured for user account access.