Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 10:18:52 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: nathan@vidican.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OT: Wireless 802.11 hardware Message-ID: <20010213101852.F2178@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <3A883DD4.1DA7A89B@wmptl.com>; from webmaster@wmptl.com on Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 02:47:32PM -0500 References: <3A883DD4.1DA7A89B@wmptl.com>
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On Monday, 12 February 2001 at 14:47:32 -0500, Nathan Vidican wrote: > Any reccomendations for a <cheap> access point solution? A company I > used to work for had gotten theses 802.11 compliant access points, > which were essentially an ethernet bridge, (10BaseT ethernet RJ45 > port, and wireless connection to antenae). I'm looking for something > similar, to transmit wireless internet access two our FreeBSD > machines, over a distance of approximately 1000feet. If anyone has > any reccomendations please reply. Only two machines? Or even three? I don't think you need the additional expense of an access point for that size network: just run them in ad hoc mode. Which cards? Currently 802.11b cards such as the Lucent Orinoco seem to be the way to go. They do a nominal 11 Mb/s. Unless you are located away from anywhere, you should ensure that they have WEP encryption. The "silver" cards have 40 bit encryption (sometimes called 56 bit encryption), and the "gold" cards have 104 bit encryption (almost always called 120 bit encryption), and cost about $15 more. In fact, the encryption algorithm is pretty flawed, so there's some doubt as to whether the additional features of 104 bit encryption are worth it. The card prices appear to be in the $150-$170 range. If that's too expensive, you may find older 802.11 cards, which do 2 Mb/s. Before buying any, check with this list or with FreeBSD-mobile@FreeBSD.org: not all of them are supported. I have four cards which I bought for $100 a pair, including one ISA adapter (which looks like something that your would need). Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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