From: Andrew Wyllie <wyllie@dilex.net> To: Rasputin <rasputin@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSD box as Airport replacement? Message-ID: <20010117084116.A22875@drella.newsof.com> In-Reply-To: <20010117162929.A58519@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>; from rasputin@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org on Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 04:29:29PM %2B0000 References: <20010117162929.A58519@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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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-stable" in the body of the message
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