From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 21 12:43:02 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6350E106564A for ; Sat, 21 Mar 2009 12:43:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from modulok@gmail.com) Received: from wf-out-1314.google.com (wf-out-1314.google.com [209.85.200.169]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 043D08FC13 for ; Sat, 21 Mar 2009 12:43:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from modulok@gmail.com) Received: by wf-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 24so1613021wfg.7 for ; Sat, 21 Mar 2009 05:43:01 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=BEg8TRy2L5oj4LGAkz6ZdIs/gc2V4FYeV4Yh7v3yHfE=; b=lGv3aaazTXldZXmDmUk79BiJz8FDS8aiSGATKIANfRi5UEGZZJeuPeHCfJUf5/8czz fV5mpSAhAk7B2XCaes+y6VooYkcOKrHqc80SZy/f2g2gKgztiosAe3oIqL3GWGvnHh/p prk9/tb/loCawx+JahwUy5BJ0cZv2aMhLU3uo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=mcG4jBLustaD1aeQB494P3nHsE8dOVZGmgW3jAupI3RB1VYeCEo3QNP7LKcMpT6V40 C3eIvF6vV4QekME7ANzbNdgznyuP+nB3pmdzgFwy1WxOSheuxnnhFyezJMzFiu+JpukU 7Q78N0hA/VqL1Gdc3sHvn3/9/58wRmpZiGP+k= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.142.246.19 with SMTP id t19mr1977478wfh.9.1237639381679; Sat, 21 Mar 2009 05:43:01 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 06:43:01 -0600 Message-ID: <64c038660903210543v1cebe63fr4424bebc58076e4a@mail.gmail.com> From: Modulok To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Creating a 10km wireless bridge...pointers? 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: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 12:43:02 -0000 List, I have been tasked with getting a DSL connection across about 10km of no-man's-land to a rural location without internet access. Ideally, all traffic inbetween the two directional antennas would be encrypted. (Nice, but not entirely required.) 3Mb/s would be great! Something like: LAN<->BSDrouter<->modem<->Antenna<~~air~~>Antenna<->modem<->DSL I'm looking for general pointers of both hardware and software to achieve this. I'd like to employ FreeBSD as much as is feasible. This is my first WAN network project, so even newbie pointers and general references would be much appreciated. (Hardware suggestions, books to read, etc.) Reliability is of mild concern, simply because I don't want to drive 10km at 3:00am when something breaks. Tips? References? Advice? -Modulok-