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Date:      Tue, 1 Nov 2005 21:44:41 +0300
From:      "Andrew P." <infofarmer@gmail.com>
To:        Dick Hoogendijk <dick@nagual.st>
Cc:        freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: WiFi Nintendo-DS and FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <cb5206420511011044m2861e1b0q7c9a9811c30328ce@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20051101124856.GA11657@lothlorien.nagual.st>
References:  <20051101124856.GA11657@lothlorien.nagual.st>

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On 11/1/05, Dick Hoogendijk <dick@nagual.st> wrote:
> In november my DS goes WiFi (in Holland).
> Naturaly I want to play games that support this feature.
> (MarioKart-DS i.e.) at home ;-)
>
> The FreeBSD related question is:
> My main server runs 4.11-stable, some other machines run 5.4
>
> What do I have to do to give this DS wireless access to the net?
> What is the best approach?
>
> Only my main server is 24/7 connected (without a hardware router;-)
> Do I put a wireless card in this machine?
> Is this possible or do I have to upgrade FreeBSD to 6.0 to have WiFi?
>
> It's all new to me (this wireless stuff). All my machines are wired.
> So I can use some tips, reading points or suggestions from you.
>
> --
> dick -- http://nagual.st/ -- PGP/GnuPG key: F86289CE
> ++ Running FreeBSD 4.11-stable ++ FreeBSD 5.4
> + Nai tiruvantel ar vayuvantel i Valar tielyanna nu vilja
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6.0 brings some major improvements in wireless
functionality, so you should really give it a thought.
AFAIK from /. TCP/IP is still to be implemented.
When/if it is, you should be able to put a WiFi
card into your FreeBSD box and set everything up.



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