From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 25 03:20:52 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C03AF1065674 for ; Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:20:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jeff@m2.seamanpaper.com) Received: from exprod5og113.obsmtp.com (exprod5og113.obsmtp.com [64.18.0.26]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 513CA8FC1B for ; Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:20:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jeff@m2.seamanpaper.com) Received: from source ([67.158.116.43]) by exprod5ob113.postini.com ([64.18.4.12]) with SMTP ID DSNKScmjE+T57nRPamOKdRA/XQ3W6TQ+D/W2@postini.com; Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:20:52 PDT Received: (qmail 28731 invoked from network); 24 Mar 2009 22:54:10 -0400 Received: from unknown (HELO junco.intranet.seamanpaper.com) (192.168.10.133) by buster.seamanpaper.com with SMTP; 24 Mar 2009 22:54:10 -0400 Received: (qmail 45706 invoked by uid 0); 25 Mar 2009 02:54:07 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.10.88?) (192.168.10.88) by 192.168.10.133 with SMTP; 25 Mar 2009 02:54:07 -0000 Message-ID: <49C99CAB.2050904@m2.seamanpaper.com> Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:53:31 -0400 From: Jeff Dickens User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) MIME-Version: 1.0 CC: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <64c038660903210543v1cebe63fr4424bebc58076e4a@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <64c038660903210543v1cebe63fr4424bebc58076e4a@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------070102070701010503070802" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: Creating a 10km wireless bridge...pointers? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: jeff@seamanpaper.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:20:53 -0000 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------070102070701010503070802 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Modulok wrote: > List, > > I have been tasked with getting a DSL connection across about 10km of > no-man's-land to a rural location without internet access. Ideally, > all traffic inbetween the two directional antennas would be encrypted. > (Nice, but not entirely required.) 3Mb/s would be great! Something > like: > > LAN<->BSDrouter<->modem<->Antenna<~~air~~>Antenna<->modem<->DSL > > I'm looking for general pointers of both hardware and software to > achieve this. One option: gnswireless.com We have a couple of short-haul wireless setups from them. They work out of the box, and they seem to provide good support as well. > I'd like to employ FreeBSD as much as is feasible. This > is my first WAN network project, so even newbie pointers and general > references would be much appreciated. (Hardware suggestions, books to > read, etc.) Reliability is of mild concern, simply because I don't > want to drive 10km at 3:00am when something breaks. > > Tips? References? Advice? > -Modulok- > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > __________________________________________________________ Scanned by Google Message Security - Leaving Seaman Paper --------------070102070701010503070802--