Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 11:48:08 -0600 From: "Ray Seals" <rseals@vdsi.net> To: "soZeKiZeR" <cjpellet3@netscape.net>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: wireless networking Message-ID: <001201c04299$914ac5c0$c801000a@vdsi.net> References: <20001029220357.9929.qmail@ww187.netaddress.usa.net>
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How far away is your buddy's apartment. I have used a couple of different solutions in warehouse/office combinations with good results. I haven't used anything with FreeBSD yet. We are putting one of these in our office soon. I have used the Cisco Aironet Access Point 340 with the Cisco cards both AIR-PCI340 and AIR-PCM340. I have used the Intel Pro/Wireless 2011 with the Cisco Accesspoint 340. I'm getting a Linksys Access point WAP11 and will be trying it with both Cisco and Intel Wireless cards. As long as everything supports 802.11b you can mix and match cards without much of a problem. Configuration is the trick. Some vendors will call things by different names so when you are trying to get a mix of stuff working you have to read between the lines. You get about 300 feet on the range with these cards. The network speeds range from 11mbps to 2mbps. It depends on signal strength, etc. All network cards are PCMCIA. To use it in a PCI slot you buy an adapter. You can plan on spending anywhere from $250 - $1000 for the access point (aka. hub) and anywhere from $175 to $300 for a NIC. I prefer the Cisco Accesspoint stuff. The cards are designed better for laptops. The antennas are design to be lower profile. The access points are slick they are built for wall/ceiling mounts in unfriendly areas. The Cisco Aironet devices are the ones they use in Home Depots for the registers and inventory control guns. You really need to watch the specs on the lower end devices. What you find is that they will support a smaller number of devices than the more expensive guys. So buy the best you can afford. There is a reason some are cheaper than others. I don't have any experience with FreeBSD on these devices. But hope to have some in the next month. Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "soZeKiZeR" <cjpellet3@netscape.net> To: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2000 4:03 PM Subject: wireless networking > Hello, > I am interested in setting up a wireless network between my apartment and a > friend's. We know it is possible, but I would like to know which, if any, > wireless networking kit is supported by FreeBSD 4.1 Stable. The one I am > looking at is this: > The Proxim Symphony Suite. > Please help me, and if you know of any other wireless networking kits that are > better suppported by FreeBSD please let me know > > Thanx > charles pelletier > > > ____________________________________________________________________ > Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://home.netscape.com/webmail > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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