From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 23 17:22:49 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19406106567D for ; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:22:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from matheusber@gmail.com) Received: from yx-out-2324.google.com (yx-out-2324.google.com [74.125.44.30]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C39A38FC25 for ; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:22:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from matheusber@gmail.com) Received: by yx-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 8so408454yxb.13 for ; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:22:47 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:received:received:message-id :in-reply-to:references:date:subject:from:to:user-agent:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:x-priority:importance:sender; bh=FawdFvecv7cWSe3nLOE3sCCK3zYeOnreDde1ZXrubyU=; b=In8PukR9NJLPDGxWow0xu9sHbpIX0B394P5p0HPyPdEBLooF8J1CVt+brnGSkLx75l aE/lVpghSPIvmVVfEuB5t0soaGjYWBEV+73S02WX61dfVJ+fJaU1wcBfhX9sFanqQHsc DOXjElpBifhO4Y1nO8wA00XzpvI8OMQpqEAXA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:in-reply-to:references:date:subject:from:to:user-agent :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:x-priority :importance:sender; b=UxnQpgmXRPWzRpzN0PxGssNUOq1ArIU3rLWEoJtLdvO7NG1lxUCDMGdQNCLQAz7+gr EWDDA/fJhJmCrTHTe4om35/OXEBBUypx2bawk1OPCvI3vrdrJ3hXFSc1VMjQpCBj9cSl DUSo/wDbzlxrEBRCb71gYNGu9lVBQDx5yGhI4= Received: by 10.150.205.13 with SMTP id c13mr425871ybg.183.1216832327678; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:58:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cygnus.homeunix.com ( [189.71.52.253]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 6sm322761ywp.3.2008.07.23.09.58.46 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:58:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: by cygnus.homeunix.com (Postfix, from userid 80) id 2FA70110; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:58:42 -0300 (BRT) Received: from 200.252.157.118 (proxying for 10.12.1.211, 10.12.1.3) (SquirrelMail authenticated user matheus@eternamente.info) by cygnus.homeunix.com with HTTP; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:58:42 -0300 (BRT) Message-ID: <9e3c7d9221597de62d0888e222f17dea.squirrel@cygnus.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <20080723161812.GD84088@tirith.brixandersen.dk> References: <20080723161812.GD84088@tirith.brixandersen.dk> Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:58:42 -0300 (BRT) From: "Nenhum_de_Nos" To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.15 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Sender: Nenhum_de_Nos Subject: Re: Wireless access points: consumer, commercial, or DIY? X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:22:49 -0000 On Wed, July 23, 2008 13:18, Henrik Brix Andersen wrote: > On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 10:32:07AM -0500, Doug Poland wrote: >> I want reliable wireless in my home. So what do I need to do, to get >> it? >> I'm not convinced there's a low-cost solution. If I have to go up to >> commercial quality and spend near $500, I could build my own Soekris >> net5501-based WAP and use FreeBSD 7.x. for $100 less. >> >> What are your thoughts, experiences, and/or recommendations? > > I too have seen the stability problems with Linksys WRT54G and > friends. > > At home, I use a Soekris net4801 with an atheros-based 802.11g miniPCI > card and FreeBSD 7-STABLE (nanobsd) with hostapd(8) configured for > WPA2-PSK CCMP. > > I use a few different STAs on a daily basis - a couple of laptops > running FreeBSD, a laptop running Windows XP and and iPhone. None of > these have seen any stability issues with my FreeBSD/hostapd based AP > for the past couple of years (although I had to adjust a few ath(4) > parameters back when I initially configured my AP to make it work > flawlessly with Windows XP). > > All-in-all, I can highly recommend FreeBSD as a homebrew AP platform. > > Brix > -- > Henrik Brix Andersen if you could share those adjustable params of you, as I also have an AP based on atheros and FreeBSD 7-STABLE and when heavily used it dies. The client that makes this is another FreeBSD 7-STABLE, also atheros based (laptop from asus - F3T). There are also other two notebooks around, Windows Vista based and their owners never complain. One is a Lineage player (I think is the most it uses from the network). just another info, since forever when boots this AP box allways complains about a interrupt storm on the atheros irq. moments after it stops. thanks, matheus -- We will call you cygnus, The God of balance you shall be