From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 7 14:09:12 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 658A216A404 for ; Sun, 7 May 2006 14:09:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hackmiester@hackmiester.com) Received: from smtpout07-04.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net (smtpout07-01.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net [64.202.165.230]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0D13643D46 for ; Sun, 7 May 2006 14:09:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from hackmiester@hackmiester.com) Received: (qmail 20240 invoked from network); 7 May 2006 14:09:11 -0000 Received: from unknown (68.220.180.102) by smtpout07-04.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net (64.202.165.233) with ESMTP; 07 May 2006 14:09:11 -0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.2) References: <352C1FEC-36FC-4A41-A133-4E827088E43A@hackmiester.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <1945368E-20E9-4906-A240-F81DA824CE35@hackmiester.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Hunter Fuller Date: Sun, 7 May 2006 09:09:24 +0000 To: FreeBSD Questions X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.2) Subject: Fwd: wlan on lowend laptop 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: Sun, 07 May 2006 14:09:12 -0000 Forgot to reply to list :X Begin forwarded message: > From: Hunter Fuller > Date: 7 May, 2006 9:08:33 AM GMT > To: "Lars Udo" > 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" >> >