From owner-freebsd-mobile Tue Aug 20 12:18:45 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B304F37B427 for ; Tue, 20 Aug 2002 12:18:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from encontacto.net (adsl-64-173-182-158.dsl.mtry01.pacbell.net [64.173.182.158]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DBB743EAC for ; Tue, 20 Aug 2002 12:17:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from eculp@encontacto.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (uid 80) by encontacto.net with local; Tue, 20 Aug 2002 12:01:53 -0700 Received: from adsl-64-173-182-155.dsl.mtry01.pacbell.net (adsl-64-173-182-155.dsl.mtry01.pacbell.net [64.173.182.155]) by Mail.EnContacto.Net (IMP) with HTTP for eculp@encontacto.net@encontacto.net; Tue, 20 Aug 2002 12:01:53 -0700 Message-ID: <1029870113.3d6292218bae1@Mail.EnContacto.Net> Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 12:01:53 -0700 From: Edwin Culp To: "M. Warner Losh" Cc: "gavin@itworks.com.au" , "mobile@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: Latest wi0 crashes with stable References: <00c001c2476b$052af7d0$6401a8c0@bugs> <20020820.005607.81895842.imp@bsdimp.com> <025501c24867$67799d90$6401a8c0@bugs> <20020820.094941.25097040.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <20020820.094941.25097040.imp@bsdimp.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 4.0-cvs X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-Originating-IP: 64.173.182.155 Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Quoting "M. Warner Losh" : | In message: <025501c24867$67799d90$6401a8c0@bugs> | "Gavin Cameron" writes: | : > | : > What does dstumbler say? Any APs in the area that might be | : | : What's dstumbler ? How do I find this value? | | dstumbler is one of the bsd-airtools. There's a port. | | : > general direction? | : | : Coffee cans on poles ;-)... what have polish people got to do with this | : apart from being good conductors? Cheap polish and tram conductor humour | ;-) | | Well, a common "hack" here in the US is to get a Yuban Coffee Can, | punch a hole in the middle of the B and connect an N connector with a | short copper wire (on the order of 3cm iirc). Gives you a decent | antenna for not a lot of money, but lacks FCC certification. Good for | listening, but less good for xmit. | | Warner You might take a look at: http://www.turnpoint.net/wireless/has.html a Google search will give you more options than you will want to look at. ed -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message