From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Jul 9 22:22:08 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA22174 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Thu, 9 Jul 1998 22:22:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from linux.cca.usart.ru (max@linux.cca.usart.ru [194.226.230.161]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA22007 for ; Thu, 9 Jul 1998 22:22:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from max@cca.usart.ru) Received: from localhost (max@localhost) by linux.cca.usart.ru (8.8.6/8.8.4) with SMTP id LAA32235; Fri, 10 Jul 1998 11:24:14 +0600 Date: Fri, 10 Jul 1998 11:24:13 +0600 (ESD) From: Max Gotlib To: Open Systems Networking cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Questions on WaveLan networking... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi OSN! We have a wavelan-powered channel between our academy and our provider that is situated in 2 miles to the west from us :) This channel is constructed from: (our point) ISA WaveLAN AT/2.4G board in i486DX2-66/8M machine outdoor antenna kit with unidirectional ant. FreeBSD 2.2.6 patched with INRIA (IPv6) staff and several (my) patches to the WaveLAN driver. (their point) some kind of WavePOINT radio-hub, directly connected to the backbone network, outdoor omnidirectional antenna kit (i'm not very shure abouth "their" configuration they change it every month :) We istablished this channel more than 3 year ago. First time it was Linux(out) <-> NetWare(their) connection. About half a year we change OS to FreeBSD and they moved to WavePOINT... As I have figured out, there is the nessessity to patch WaveLAN driver (FreeBSD-2.2.5 ... 3.0 current) to let it correctly drive an old full-length isa boards (the one we have)... If you have any q's - I can try to help you, and as for the q's you've asked: > Am I correct in assuming you need the following items to make this > work: > > 2 x wavelan isa cards in 2 freebsd boxen. one at each end. Yes. > 2 x wavepoint II MAC bridges for the servers to connect to the hub on > each end. No (or you can replace wavelan boards with wavepoints) > and 2 x outdoor antenna's to extend the range to 5 miles using the > 915Mhz model? We use 2.4G staff and according to the documantation it is sutable to handle up to 5 miles connections (we have 2 miles and it is "trusted" interval). > You just configure the WL cards on the server with wlconfig to set its > parameters, and then configure it as a normal NIC card? As for wlconfig, you have to use it once to configure NET ID's. But this can be done (and better done, because wlconfig is not fully functional yet) with the configuration utility the boards are shipped with (there is not bad diagnistic utility in their packageas well) ... With best regards, Max. On Thu, 9 Jul 1998, Open Systems Networking wrote: > I have this "friend" whos in a bind. This town we're in really blows for > connectivity. It's either long haul dedicated connectivity from a town 30 > miles away, or use crappy cable modem services which really blows. > So I got to thinking about the wavelan stuff in freebsd and looking > around. The distance between the offices of this "friend" are almost 5 > miles. Am I correct in assuming you need the following items to make this > work: > > 2 x wavelan isa cards in 2 freebsd boxen. one at each end. > 2 x wavepoint II MAC bridges for the servers to connect to the hub on each > end. > and 2 x outdoor antenna's to extend the range to 5 miles using the 915Mhz > model? > > Any other software, hardware? > > You just configure the WL cards on the server with wlconfig to set its > parameters, and then configure it as a normal NIC card? > > Thanks for the info... > > Chris To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message