Re: New to openbsd

[Nick Nauwelaerts <nick_(_at_)_nauwelaerts_(_dot_)_net>]

On Thu, 10 Apr 2003 10:48:53 -0600
bondpaper <bondpaper_(_at_)_earthlink_(_dot_)_net> wrote:

> box as a router/firewall. The first order of business it to locate a 
> reasonably-priced multiport (4) ethernet card. I've located the
> adaptec cards, but they're about $450+. I've also seen mention of the
> D-Link DFE-570TX/DFE-580TX (much better price), along with some issues
> 
> associated with how multicast is handled. Any recommendations on
> 4-port cards?

I've got an Adaptec 62044 4 port card, using the sf driver. Regretfully,
the driver requires patching before it will send at 100Mbit (duplex
doesn't matter). Older adaptec cards have DEC chips, which should be
better.

> Another thing I've noticed is that some of the software versions seem
> to be a bit behind the mainstream. Take vi, for example - one of the
> most useful functions I found while using its Linux-based counterpart
> was the split function, which allowed for simultaneous editing of two
> or more documents. Unfortunately, this isn't supported in the standard
> vi that comes with the 3.2 packages. Can I simply download the vi
> source and compile it on openbsd, or would I be breaking the openbsd
> security model if I did this?

OpenBSD's vi is nvi, most other vi variants can be found in the ports
tree. Same goes for most other programs.

// nick