From owner-freebsd-mobile Fri Jul 19 9:32:15 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F244537B401 for ; Fri, 19 Jul 2002 09:32:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from opensrs.saignon.net (211.saignon.net [63.210.176.211]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3290A43E31 for ; Fri, 19 Jul 2002 09:32:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tony@saign.com) Received: from frankenmobl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by opensrs.saignon.net (8.11.6/8.11.3) with ESMTP id g6JGTfq36067; Fri, 19 Jul 2002 09:29:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tony@saign.com) From: "Tony Saign" To: "'Nick Sayer'" Cc: Subject: RE: Orinoco RG-1000 Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 09:31:31 -0700 Message-ID: <002701c22f41$bde11620$08dbf10a@frankenmobl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.3416 In-Reply-To: <3D379ECE.4030203@quack.kfu.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Actually changing the firmware on the unit allows; 128WEP Changing the ESSID Granted the software that Orinoco provides is worthless, but Freebase (downloadable from sourceforge) is much better. They are quite stable in my opinion, I've had one for years. -Tony }-----Original Message----- }From: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG }[mailto:owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG] On Behalf Of Nick Sayer }Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 22:09 }To: Warren Block; mobile@FreeBSD.ORG }Subject: Re: Orinoco RG-1000 } } }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. } }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. } }Warren Block wrote: }> There may be one of these "residential gateways" available to me at a }> low price. Any thoughts on using it as an access point with FreeBSD }> 4.6? I don't need the modem, don't need NAT, just thought }it would be }> fun to play with wireless on my LAN. It looks like this would do the }> job. }> }> Also: thoughts on 16-bit PCCards to use with it? Maybe the }$35 Proxim }> from JustDeals? }> }> -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA }> }> }> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org }> with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message } } } }To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org }with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message } To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message