From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 2 20:22:21 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2258716A400 for ; Fri, 2 Feb 2007 20:22:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gablebarber@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.172]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9E5F13C467 for ; Fri, 2 Feb 2007 20:22:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gablebarber@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id o2so837978uge for ; Fri, 02 Feb 2007 12:22:20 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=bYT0ztJ+JyTkaARtzfaIk/kRj0BINmZ2y2xTZzkuAhXGgzZ1ptfuV/nZMdsbCeft5LH3RqkJ7VOtbxld1CLkPXGlsmM8a0D1D/KrcfcP5OCPxROOt2Pzgv/RnH0CdpsgBZRICdCLc48lwJXTAIYSPMeWGbIHGYombBIOiLh0WCQ= Received: by 10.82.172.15 with SMTP id u15mr1322078bue.1170447739985; Fri, 02 Feb 2007 12:22:19 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.82.165.12 with HTTP; Fri, 2 Feb 2007 12:22:19 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 14:22:19 -0600 From: "Gable Barber" To: "Roger Olofsson" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <45C39A18.3050204@passagen.se> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <45C39A18.3050204@passagen.se> Cc: Subject: Re: FreeBSD6.2 DIY wireless AP? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2007 20:22:21 -0000 On 2/2/07, Roger Olofsson wrote: > Dear mailing list, > > One of the many ideas, inspired by FreeBSD, that passed through my head > is the one about making my own wireless access point using an old > computer with FreeBSD and a wireless nic. > > First question, will a Fujitsu USB D1075 wireless nic work for this purpose? > The best place to look, at least initially is: http://www.freebsd.org/releases/6.2R/hardware-i386.html#WLAN > Second question, any pointers to how to make this small project happen > would be appreciated. I've googled and found some but I like to read up > on different ideas before I decide where to go. I would prefer to use > ipfilter since I've been using that beast for quite some years now, but > I might as well take a closer look at pf if recommended enough. > Ive done this in the past, and I found many resources (howto's walkthroughs, etc.) available online. There are many different ways to do it, depending on what your needs are. My suggestion would be to find a wireless nic, that is well supported, and go from there. Fr me, once I had a nicely supported card, the rest was relatively easy. > Thanks in advance! > > _______________________________________________ > 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" > Gable