From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 7 17:57:45 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1068116F5E0 for ; Wed, 7 Jun 2006 15:43:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mark@msen.com) Received: from rwcrmhc15.comcast.net (rwcrmhc15.comcast.net [204.127.192.85]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B64BF43D45 for ; Wed, 7 Jun 2006 15:42:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mark@msen.com) Received: from alphaone.psyberation.com (c-68-61-202-251.hsd1.mi.comcast.net[68.61.202.251]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc15) with ESMTP id <20060607154257m15000str7e>; Wed, 7 Jun 2006 15:42:57 +0000 From: Mark Moellering To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 11:42:30 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 References: <20060607221131.a001ae57.nick@nickwithers.com> In-Reply-To: <20060607221131.a001ae57.nick@nickwithers.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200606071142.30426.mark@msen.com> Cc: Nick Withers Subject: Re: FreeBSD Wireless Access Points with Atheros Cards 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: Wed, 07 Jun 2006 17:57:53 -0000 Nick, I tried this maybe a month back. I added an ath card to a firewall (becoming the third NIC) and set it up following the directions. While I could connect to the access point/firewall, I could not get to anything beyond it. After some reading, I decdied to buy a standalone access point and replace the wireless ath card with a wired card to use to connect to the access point. The standalone access point (Netgear) wasn't that much more than the card and from everything I have read is the better way to go. If you are able to sned data through the access point, I would love to hear about it... Sincerely Mark On Wednesday 07 June 2006 8:11 am, Nick Withers wrote: > G'day all, > > I was recently asked to set up a wireless access point by a > mate. Having read section 27.3.3.2 - "Building a FreeBSD Access > Point" > ("http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-wireles >s.html") from the FreeBSD Handbook I duly advised my friend that they'd > need to procure one of the Prism cards listed in the wi(4) man > page, as, according to the Handbook, "In order to set up a > wireless access point with FreeBSD, you need to have a > compatible wireless card. Currently, only cards with the Prism > chipset are supported". > > When he got back to me the next day and said he couldn't find > one in any major store and that he'd been told they were no > longer available first-hand (whether all this is true or not, > I'm not entirely sure - but it's not really all that relevant > for the purposes of this question) I was a little surprised. > > After much more stuffing about, the ath(4) man page caught my > eye and I found the magic sentence: "Supported features include > 802.11 and 802.3 frames, power management, BSS, IBSS, and > host-based access point operation modes". > > I've subsequently set the thing up and it's now chugging away > merrily in hostap mode with hostapd helping out with 802.11i > shennanigans. It appears to be fully operational. > > My question, then, is this: Is the access point I've set up not > actually functioning as an access point in the strictest sense > of the term? Is the Handbook in need of a little attention in > this area? > > I'll happily create a patch for the doc and submit a PR to > have it updated, but just wanted to check before doing so that > I'm not just being an idiot (I'm particularly good at that!). > > Thanks all! > -- > Nick Withers > email: nick@nickwithers.com > Web: http://www.nickwithers.com > Mobile: +61 414 397 446 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"