Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 16:58:43 +0000 From: Rasputin <rasputin@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSD box as Airport replacement? Message-ID: <20010117165843.A58911@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <20010117084116.A22875@drella.newsof.com>; from wyllie@dilex.net on Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 08:41:16AM -0800 References: <20010117162929.A58519@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20010117084116.A22875@drella.newsof.com>
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* Andrew Wyllie <wyllie@dilex.net> [010117 16:43]: > 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 ). > Cheers Andrew, that'll do me fine. One more question: With a range like that, how do you stop Evil Granny Smith at number 23 from sniffing your network traffic? Is there crypto built into the IEEE802.11 spec? And is it any good? -- Rasputin Jack of All Trades :: Master of Nuns To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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