From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 2 22:20:18 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 4855416A401 for ; Fri, 2 Feb 2007 22:20:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bri@sonicboom.org) Received: from entwistle.sonicboom.org (entwistle.sonicboom.org [66.93.34.170]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCE8C13C4B2 for ; Fri, 2 Feb 2007 22:20:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bri@sonicboom.org) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (entwistle.sonicboom.org [66.93.34.170]) by entwistle.sonicboom.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l12MKG59059053 for ; Fri, 2 Feb 2007 14:20:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bri@sonicboom.org) Message-ID: <45C3B920.40108@sonicboom.org> Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2007 14:20:16 -0800 From: Brian User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (Windows/20061207) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <45C39A18.3050204@passagen.se> <20070202203053.GB3073@fw.home> In-Reply-To: <20070202203053.GB3073@fw.home> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 22:20:18 -0000 Kris Maglione wrote: > 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. > _______________________________________________ > 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" I believe Linux people are doing this with Soekris boards as well. Brian