From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 2 21:55:21 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E476C16A405 for ; Fri, 2 Feb 2007 21:55:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net (ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net [80.76.149.213]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8648113C46B for ; Fri, 2 Feb 2007 21:55:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from c83-253-29-241.bredband.comhem.se ([83.253.29.241]:59318 helo=falcon.midgard.homeip.net) by ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1HD6NH-0007al-72 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 02 Feb 2007 22:55:15 +0100 Received: (qmail 48325 invoked from network); 2 Feb 2007 22:55:12 +0100 Received: from owl.midgard.homeip.net (10.1.5.7) by falcon.midgard.homeip.net with SMTP; 2 Feb 2007 22:55:12 +0100 Received: (qmail 12401 invoked by uid 1001); 2 Feb 2007 22:55:12 +0100 Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 22:55:12 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20070202215512.GA12365@owl.midgard.homeip.net> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <45C39A18.3050204@passagen.se> <20070202203053.GB3073@fw.home> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070202203053.GB3073@fw.home> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-Scan-Result: No virus found in message 1HD6NH-0007al-72. X-Scan-Signature: ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net 1HD6NH-0007al-72 3bb94a57aee839534ed4f066a3778eac Subject: Re: FreeBSD6.2 DIY wireless AP? 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: Fri, 02 Feb 2007 21:55:22 -0000 On Fri, Feb 02, 2007 at 03:30:53PM -0500, Kris Maglione wrote: > On Fri, Feb 02, 2007 at 09:07:52PM +0100, Roger Olofsson wrote: > >First question, will a Fujitsu USB D1075 wireless nic work for this > >purpose? > > > >Second question, any pointers to how to make this small project happen > >would be appreciated. I've googled and found some but I like to read up > >on different ideas before I decide where to go. I would prefer to use > >ipfilter since I've been using that beast for quite some years now, but > >I might as well take a closer look at pf if recommended enough. > > If I recall correctly, only cards using the PRISM chipset support access > point mode. You might have a look at the m0n0wall project: > http://m0n0.ch/wall/ Wireless NICs with Atheros chipsets also work fine as AP. > > It's a FreeBSD based firewall that's designed to work like an appliance > and works very well with low-power, flash-based PCs. Soekris > (soekris.com) makes several mini-computers with PCMCIA slots that will > accept most wireless cards and run well on m0n0wall. -- Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se