From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 6 13:36:45 2010 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 3B2381065693 for ; Wed, 6 Jan 2010 13:36:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (gate6.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90CFA8FC1C for ; Wed, 6 Jan 2010 13:36:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [IPv6:::1]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.4/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o06Dac0K012134; Wed, 6 Jan 2010 13:36:39 GMT (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.8.3 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk o06Dac0K012134 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=infracaninophile.co.uk; s=201001-infracaninophile; t=1262784999; bh=U95lBTH/jOTlDl/BgVcKEbgNi9PjqDgs4kTSE3IfLK0=; h=Message-ID:Date:From:MIME-Version:To:CC:Subject:References: In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Cc:Content-Type:Date:From:In-Reply-To: Message-ID:Mime-Version:References:To; z=Message-ID:=20<4B4491DD.6070909@infracaninophile.co.uk>|Date:=20W ed,=2006=20Jan=202010=2013:36:29=20+0000|From:=20Matthew=20Seaman= 20|Organization:=20Infracaninophi le|User-Agent:=20Thunderbird=202.0.0.23=20(X11/20091129)|MIME-Vers ion:=201.0|To:=20Robert=20Huff=20|CC:=20Paul=2 0Shi=20,=20freebsd-questions@freebsd.org|Su bject:=20Re:=20Setup=20FTP=20service=20on=20FreeBSD=202.0.5?|Refer ences:=20=09<4B446819.8050701@infracaninophile.co.uk>=09=20<19268.36322.61641 0.897087@jerusalem.litteratus.org>|In-Reply-To:=20<19268.36322.616 410.897087@jerusalem.litteratus.org>|X-Enigmail-Version:=200.95.6| Content-Type:=20multipart/signed=3B=20micalg=3Dpgp-sha256=3B=0D=0A =20protocol=3D"application/pgp-signature"=3B=0D=0A=20boundary=3D"- -----------enig446019F68EFD507621EABD31"; b=fRvawWWLAceZx0d8XIXz+IbmYzPbwhHGdaKpVjws2QzqtOTo+96qI3z7bYa86IgVx 0FZGYJ5Iivv83wwm/S1DtKE5R96kFAbORFMnY/iHbM7d+r10J2On1KC2vSn+TjiSsU d7O6ojHdWYfvtEmg9z2dux6IQqQSo0omtTzAUT4E= X-Authentication-Warning: happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk: Host localhost [IPv6:::1] claimed to be happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk Message-ID: <4B4491DD.6070909@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:36:29 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman Organization: Infracaninophile User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20091129) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Robert Huff References: <4B446819.8050701@infracaninophile.co.uk> <19268.36322.616410.897087@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <19268.36322.616410.897087@jerusalem.litteratus.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig446019F68EFD507621EABD31" X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.95.3 at happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VERIFIED,NO_RELAYS autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Paul Shi Subject: Re: Setup FTP service on FreeBSD 2.0.5? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:36:45 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig446019F68EFD507621EABD31 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Robert Huff wrote: > Hello: >=20 >> The thing concerns me is exact the question you asked in the >> first place: Does FreeBSD 2.0.5 even have any support for >> wireless networking devices? Because I cannot find any reference >> it. I am wondering if anyone in this mailing list has a answer to >> this question. And I am just curious to see how people made >> wireless network back in 1990s. >=20 > I believe the answer would be "No.". The first mention I can > find of wireless adapters in the release notes is for 3.3, in late > 1998. Wireless networking in the mid-90's would have been a very new thing, at least as a consumer item. It's about then that the very first mobile phones came out -- those were as big a brick and had about an hour's batt= ery life.=20 Much of the computing world was running 10baseT thin-wire ethernet, and although 100baseT Cat5 kit was available, it was pretty expensive. The WWW had only just become popular -- it was around '93 that it started to= make the big-time. Most home connectivity was via acoustically coupled modems running at 96Kbaud if you were lucky. 48Kbaud probably more common= [*]. Oh, and 8 MB RAM or 1 GB Hard disk was considered quite big... Cheers, Matthew [*] The Beeb was still using that modem-handshaking sound clip as an aura= l clue that the subject of an item was 'computers' even up to a year or so ago. --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW --------------enig446019F68EFD507621EABD31 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEAREIAAYFAktEkeYACgkQ8Mjk52CukIxpGgCffbXlRKjjsM1kF3If0wvuQszy J3cAn3nvNMyH3SkkI+frs5s8olf6lGQk =lCl9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig446019F68EFD507621EABD31--