From owner-freebsd-mobile Fri Dec 21 10:38:26 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [216.33.66.196]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F9C437B419 for ; Fri, 21 Dec 2001 10:38:24 -0800 (PST) Received: by elvis.mu.org (Postfix, from userid 1192) id 00B0C81E0C; Fri, 21 Dec 2001 12:38:23 -0600 (CST) Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 12:38:23 -0600 From: Alfred Perlstein To: Christoph Kukulies Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: access point vs. point to point Message-ID: <20011221123823.R48837@elvis.mu.org> References: <200112211530.fBLFUBs03175@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200112211530.fBLFUBs03175@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de>; from kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de on Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 04:30:11PM +0100 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 * Christoph Kukulies [011221 09:30] wrote: > > Just a question: What is peculiar to an accesspoint? Can a > FreeBSD computer with a PCI card with a PCMCIA holding a wireless LAN > adapter serve multiple notebook computers? An accesspoint typically acts as a bridge to ethernet. You can use a PCI card in a freebsd box, but you won't be able to use "BSS" mode, just "adhoc". I'm not really sure what that means exactly, but I switched from an PCI card to an access point (addtron) because I kept having difficulties with my PCI card version. -- -Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org] 'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology," start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.' http://www.morons.org/rants/gpl-harmful.php3 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message