Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 09:40:41 -0800 (PST) From: Brian <bri@sonicboom.org> To: Andrew Wyllie <wyllie@dilex.net> Cc: Rasputin <rasputin@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSD box as Airport replacement? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0101170938420.6222-100000@cx175057-a.ocnsd1.sdca.home.com> In-Reply-To: <20010117093324.B22875@drella.newsof.com>
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That would seem a fairly effective way around that, my comment was mostly directed at the home user with almost a square mile of potential users. If all of these require specific macs to attach, then fine.. Bri On Wed, 17 Jan 2001, Andrew Wyllie wrote: > Hi Brian, > > Actually, here in Seattle, they have something called the > Seattle Wireless Network which (with the right equipment) > would allow you to share: > > http://www.seattlewireless.net/ > > I have not really played around with it much, but the connections > are encrytped and you can configure DHCP to only accept specific > MAC addressess - which should be enogh to prevent people from > stealing (would be interesting to configure DHCP to show you if > anyone is trying to steal...). > > > andrew > > On Wed, 17 Jan 2001, Brian wrote: > > > With that kind of range, have you thought about a login process to use the > > service. I saw an articele recently, in sysadmin I believe, where someone > > setup a process with really short dhcp lease times until they completed a > > login process on an internal web page. This could prevent yer neighbor or > > a prankster in a vsn from swipin service from you. > > > > Brian > > > > On Wed, 17 Jan 2001, Andrew Wyllie wrote: > > > > > Hi Rasputin, > > > > > > I bought the Orinoco (Lucent WaveLAN cards - the "Gold" version ). > > > I used an old 486/100 with 16MB ram and a 500MB drive and this paper: > > > > > > http://www.live.com/wireless/unix-base-station.html > > > > > > It works great. My base station is in the basement and I can use it > > > from all over the house and part way down the street ( the cards say > > > they work up to 1700 feet - outside ). > > > > > > > > > have fun > > > andrew > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 17 Jan 2001, Rasputin wrote: > > > > > > > That's plan of the month; > > > > fit a cablemodem-connected BSD box with a wireless NIC and > > > > run it as a gateway for iBooks. > > > > > > > > I know nothing about wireless networking, just thought it would be cool. > > > > Are there any gotchas with regard to the clients (iBook, maybe a Vaio)? > > > > > > > > And what NICs would people recommend? > > > > (Range required is < 50 ft if that matters; > > > > BSD box is upstairs, I'll be in the > > > > garden with a beer..) > > > > > > > > Thanks a lot. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Rasputin > > > > Jack of All Trades :: Master of Nuns > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > > > > > ............................................................................... > > > Andrew Wyllie <wyllie@omasum.com> Open Source Integrator > > > v.206.729.7439 __We can catify or stringify, > > > c.206.851.9876 separately or together!__ perl-5.005_03 > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message > > > > > ............................................................................... > Andrew Wyllie <wyllie@omasum.com> Open Source Integrator > v.206.729.7439 __We can catify or stringify, > c.206.851.9876 separately or together!__ perl-5.005_03 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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