From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 23 08:33:37 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3BA416A4CE for ; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 08:33:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from unsane.co.uk (unsane.co.uk [82.152.23.78]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD12E43D46 for ; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 08:33:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jhary@unsane.co.uk) Received: from unsane.co.uk (localhost.unsane.co.uk [127.0.0.1]) by unsane.co.uk (8.12.11/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i3NFWphZ094917; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 16:32:51 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jhary@unsane.co.uk) Received: from localhost (jhary@localhost) by unsane.co.uk (8.12.11/8.12.10/Submit) with ESMTP id i3NFWoi8094914; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 16:32:51 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jhary@unsane.co.uk) Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 16:32:50 +0100 (BST) From: Vince Hoffman To: Thomas Beer In-Reply-To: <3252.217.80.226.25.1082725747.squirrel@webmail3.pair.com> Message-ID: <20040423141633.Y92616@unsane.co.uk> References: <002e01c42932$4768f160$0701a8c0@darryl> <3252.217.80.226.25.1082725747.squirrel@webmail3.pair.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Freebsd machine as a wireless access point ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 15:33:37 -0000 On Fri, 23 Apr 2004, Thomas Beer wrote: > The NIC on the AP has to be able to support "Host AP" mode to work > as an access point. Netgear MA 521 *with firmware 1.3* are on > example for this. > > Cheers Tom > > > I have a spare PC with Freebsd installed on it. Can I configure > > this machine to be a wireless access point ? > > > > just curious. I do exactly this (well the Freebsd box is also a firewall and samba,web,ldap,mail and a few other things server) man wi will give a list of most of the cards that support HostAP mode if i remember rightly. > > > > -D > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >