From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 2 20:31:04 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 2230516A405 for ; Fri, 2 Feb 2007 20:31:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsdaemon@comcast.net) Received: from sccrmhc13.comcast.net (sccrmhc13.comcast.net [204.127.200.83]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E332F13C46B for ; Fri, 2 Feb 2007 20:31:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsdaemon@comcast.net) Received: from fw.home (c-68-39-195-31.hsd1.pa.comcast.net[68.39.195.31]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc13) with SMTP id <2007020220310301300fq81ke>; Fri, 2 Feb 2007 20:31:03 +0000 Received: (qmail 17302 invoked by uid 1003); 2 Feb 2007 20:30:53 -0000 Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 15:30:53 -0500 From: Kris Maglione To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20070202203053.GB3073@fw.home> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <45C39A18.3050204@passagen.se> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <45C39A18.3050204@passagen.se> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) 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 20:31:04 -0000 On Fri, Feb 02, 2007 at 09:07:52PM +0100, Roger Olofsson wrote: >First question, will a Fujitsu USB D1075 wireless nic work for this purpose? > >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. If I recall correctly, only cards using the PRISM chipset support access point mode. You might have a look at the m0n0wall project: http://m0n0.ch/wall/ It's a FreeBSD based firewall that's designed to work like an appliance and works very well with low-power, flash-based PCs. Soekris (soekris.com) makes several mini-computers with PCMCIA slots that will accept most wireless cards and run well on m0n0wall.