Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 08:47:23 -0800 (PST) From: David Wolfskill <dhw@whistle.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSD box as Airport replacement? Message-ID: <200101171647.f0HGlNg31757@pau-amma.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <14949.51861.337509.342057@yertle.kciLink.com>
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>From: Vivek Khera <khera@kciLink.com> >Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 11:38:45 -0500 >Subject: Re: BSD box as Airport replacement? >R> That's plan of the month; >R> fit a cablemodem-connected BSD box with a wireless NIC and >R> run it as a gateway for iBooks. >Do it the easy way. Make your BSD box the gateway, and wire it to >regular ethernet hub, and wire the AirPort to that same hub, and >configure it to be a bridge. The rest just automagically works. That would be one way of deploying an AirPort, not replacing one with a BSD box. The bsd-wireless list (bsd-wireless-request@lists.moaner.org) might be a useful place for additional information and support. >As for clients, you'll need a Mac to configure the airport properly, >but any 802.11 client can speak to it. I am right now typing on an >iBook, and in the other room is a P5 running Linux with a Lucent >"silver" card in it. I have managed to (re-)configure the AirPort I use at home via the "airport" Java configurator (/usr/ports/net/airport). >I also set up the AirPort to do DHCP service so the laptops get one of >10 IPs automatically, but that's not a requirement to make it work. Correct; since I already had a DHCP server on my home net, I configured the AirPort to merely bridge. (It purports to also be able to perform NAT functions, but I haven't tested that, either.) Cheers, david -- David Wolfskill dhw@whistle.com UNIX System Administrator Desk: 650/577-7158 TIE: 8/499-7158 Cell: 650/759-0823 I need help: http://www.whistle.com/employment/employ-engg.html#K030391 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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