Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 09:02:23 -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.4.21.0101170900210.6222-100000@cx175057-a.ocnsd1.sdca.home.com> In-Reply-To: <20010117084116.A22875@drella.newsof.com>
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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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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