From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 11 06:48:48 2010 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 1E73C106566B for ; Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:48:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nlandys@gmail.com) Received: from qw-out-2122.google.com (qw-out-2122.google.com [74.125.92.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDDEC8FC19 for ; Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:48:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qw-out-2122.google.com with SMTP id 5so666150qwi.7 for ; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:48:47 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=ozZ968KevFuWMxAFJhX6avKesBXhXjK0w+eDcpT4c3Y=; b=BaSdfDvQJL+dYbrVlluOjtYDIKT+MvaWmS3Xgc1FLoNTFG4hOoumkOQguHW6KLsqse ZFmNFIEDh4C1t7OpF5++qU99uK4fg0Z1/M81OhZPX/K1RCAB/SwgI8MBiirwAQ10mNZ0 NJOnIar0qfNkjG4L54hGE+tQm+/MiEhMV1xuM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=ifnGvhHrU2gG1uAWJ+ZVU4mV+vDnWhBKrZf0cDi4kT95/lwLwPhB7qthGRg+0g45WK Qfh29D8ZJL7EIRjz5wP0gGVMamGx3yFqPEXa70vnv5NzAQGeUnuLWSQd6Wwgnv6JOjCd C3bBHUvKADp1IFimKwc0gmj6bMfOrHR0JhIvg= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.220.139 with SMTP id hy11mr75980qcb.8.1268290127173; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:48:47 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <93C575B79E9B01449EBBB084032BC570123208B760@mail.ucwv.edu> References: <93C575B79E9B01449EBBB084032BC570123208B760@mail.ucwv.edu> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:48:47 -0800 Message-ID: <560f92641003102248x177f52c1s1cd581ec48e5172f@mail.gmail.com> From: Nerius Landys To: mailinglist Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Replacing Home Router With PC 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: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:48:48 -0000 > I've got an old Linksys router hanging off of my cable modem that is seve= ral years old and is about to die (very poor wireless throughput should be = 54 mb and is 2, runs hot, and "buzzes" while turned on). =A0I've got an old= er PC that would great as a router....however I also need it to be a wirele= ss access point for my house. =A0It has a PCI wireless network card (A 54G = Belkin, not sure of the exact model). =A0I know FreeBSD is technically capa= ble for acting as my DHCP, DNS, router, gateway box if properly configured.= =A0The question is, can it use that wireless card to act as a access point= instead of a client (how the card is intended to be used)? > > Also, any links anyone can provide on how to setup a FreeBSD box to act a= s home router/gateway would be much appreciated! I too am using an old PC as my home router. I have an ath-based ("ath" is the driver) wireless card which is acting as a host access point. Then I have about 4 ethernet ports, but I'm only using 2. One of those is a gigabit card, and most of my home computer collection is on a gigabit LAN. Just look in the Handbook I guess. Once you have it all set up it's very rewarding. I'll never go back to having a purpose-built router device for my home.