Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 01:22:27 -0400 From: Peter Radcliffe <pir@pir.net> To: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Orinoco RG-1000 Message-ID: <20020719052227.GA18034@pir.net> In-Reply-To: <3D379ECE.4030203@quack.kfu.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0207171917001.70389-100000@wonkity.com> <3D379ECE.4030203@quack.kfu.com>
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Nick Sayer <nsayer@quack.kfu.com> probably said: > I don't recommend them. They're like the (1st gen) Apple Airport, but > with some rather silly firmware restrictions -- you can't change the > network name and such. Strongly seconded. I've also seen a lot of them turn into bricks (be about as useful for passing packets as a brick). > You'd do much better to get a Prism II PCI card (available from various > manufacturers, including NetGear, Linksys, USR, SMC) and put it in a > FreeBSD machine and use the HostAP functionality. You'd be able to set > up your own firewall and/or NAT and/or file service and/or IPv6 gateway > and/or whatever. Well, IMO that depends if you already have a machine you want to leave turned on, how much money you want to spend, etc. I find it more convenient to have small dedicated wireless hardware, others find it better/cheaper to use cards and HostAP. Preference thing. If you're just experimenting then HostAP is certainly cheaper. P. -- pir pir-sig@pir.net pir-sig@net.tufts.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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