From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 25 19:23:14 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 A57EB1065672 for ; Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:23:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from espartano.mail@gmail.com) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.159]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34E168FC0A for ; Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:23:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from espartano.mail@gmail.com) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 19so667417fgg.12 for ; Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:23:13 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=5a7Bz6A5GaAAN9HAvhO5qDdTGJHyPs9PSSkzJJP3TjI=; b=cfLpUK99U/D99SilpN5ISUaOZcxVxtuXrZuIq6raDdGwL5Rbrpnv1dPEYqo7HK88tu OR1DUJ8SUkyVwZDT7NMP4Rpy6tomDbK2sEbLZ5zw6vQnzLeQQhmDFxnJC97qrwKG02SB uEMXTSchphLAGW5hWUo4vzWrRlRvR2XCRLxBk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=NLlEs8UNFUEnAQy/+Wi6Dc7tnBelu8AgEmVLqBvGFwYxX7XV1ydAqOkvNObwQsKRdp sov/JR+3mDlEoIaZKPxUDon1yDckJIGF3U2rYikRA01euqKRV4R6pdxkiOGAhvYHC11P P+JG0iCg/VrrQdtaN8SUFby6CSMUX8UpRF2Dw= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.86.61.13 with SMTP id j13mr261980fga.59.1238008993143; Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:23:13 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <64c038660903210543v1cebe63fr4424bebc58076e4a@mail.gmail.com> References: <64c038660903210543v1cebe63fr4424bebc58076e4a@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:23:13 -0600 Message-ID: From: Espartano To: Modulok Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Creating a 10km wireless bridge...pointers? 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, 25 Mar 2009 19:23:14 -0000 On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 6:43 AM, 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. 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? May be you should use two embedded hardware (to acomplish yours BSDRouter) like this: http://www.pcengines.ch/alix2d0.htm or like this: http://www.soekris.com/net4526.htm The second one is more expensive than the firts one. Attaching one poweful mini-pci Atheros wireless card on each hardware embedded you might could get large distance. you ought to use one mini-pci wireless card like this: http://www.netgate.com/product_info.php?cPath=26_34&products_id=694 it's a very expensive wireless card but it's very powerful card too, it work with 1watt of power when work in IEEE802.11g/b modes also you need to use two good directional antennas may be like this: http://www.netgate.com/product_info.php?products_id=395 I had used the embedded hardware http://www.pcengines.ch/alix2d0.htm with NanoBSD and I got good results but i never need getting large distances like you. -- "Linux is for people who hate Windows, BSD is for people who love UNIX". "Social Engineer -> Because there is no patch for human stupidity" "The Unix Guru's View of Sex unzip ; strip ; touch ; grep ; finger ; mount ; fsck ; more ; yes ; umount ; sleep." "Documentation is like sex: when it is good, it is very, very good; and when it is bad, it is better than nothing."