Date: Sun, 7 May 2006 09:09:24 +0000 From: Hunter Fuller <hackmiester@hackmiester.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Fwd: wlan on lowend laptop Message-ID: <1945368E-20E9-4906-A240-F81DA824CE35@hackmiester.com> References: <352C1FEC-36FC-4A41-A133-4E827088E43A@hackmiester.com>
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Forgot to reply to list :X Begin forwarded message: > From: Hunter Fuller <hackmiester@hackmiester.com> > Date: 7 May, 2006 9:08:33 AM GMT > To: "Lars Udo" <lars.udo@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: wlan on lowend laptop > > > On 07 May 2006, at 9:19 AM, Lars Udo wrote: > >> i have a litlle problem with all these wires running here and >> there in my >> flat, and as i got a woman living here with me.. i cant stand her >> complaining about those ugly wires allover the house. One >> beautiful day, i >> decided to get involved with wlan. But this one linux-dude said >> that my >> p233mmx/64ram couldnt run wlan. > Lies, all lies! My P200/32mB RAM with 6.0-RELEASE acts as an AP or > a client with WEP, WPA, etc with no issues. >> I dont know if he ment WAP/WEP-encryption as >> he couldnt be any spesific and that got me thinking if he even knows >> anything. >> >> My setup these days is following: 1Ghz/256ddr (Desktop mahcine, >> with ssh >> Xforwarding) via 10Mbit LAN, >> and my laptop just happens to get a lot faster when i run all apps >> on that >> desktop-pc. > Good idea, does it lag at all? I'm thinking of configuring that. >> >> My desktop is FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE and laptop has NetBSD 3.0 with >> standalone >> X & few apps just to survive if >> my desktop-pc is down. I'm planning to change into FreeNX if it >> gives any >> advantage, but that would require to replace my laptop with >> freebsd as it is >> my favorite OS that has FreeNX client. >> >> Is it possible to keep up with this setup with changin all the >> wires with >> wireless-future. If WAP/WEP is the problem, couldn i just leave it >> out and >> use IPsec, or ssh instead? > If you're really having issues... then yeah. >> Or is WAP/WEP mandatory, or is it just enough if >> i set tight firewall-rules on both ends of wlan with IPsec, so no >> one could >> intrude into my system. > Depends if you live around people or in the middle of nowhere. The > latter is the case for me, so I don't worry about security. >> >> If all goes well, my next sted would be to include one windows-pc >> also.. and >> that would need firewall for local wlan-crackers but somehow i >> dont believe >> that as a minor threat :) > It'd be fine, you just need proper firewalls, anti-virus, etc. >> >> Lasse >> _______________________________________________ >> 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" >> >
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