Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 12:04:45 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: "Jim Flowers" <jflowers@ezo.net> Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: WaveLAN 802.11 Message-ID: <199806131904.MAA00795@antipodes.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 12 Jun 1998 05:42:35 EDT." <01bd95e6$6e2cfa20$8a8266ce@violet.eznets.canton.oh.us>
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> It looks like the latest if_wl.c driver will work with the 2.4 GHz ISA > 802.11 card 847647476 which is a pccard in an isa carrier. Is this correct? I don't know; it depends on whether the card looks like it is hung off a PCCARD bridge or whether it is directly connected to the bus. > Can one FreeBSD computer accomodate more than one WaveLAN card? Yes. > Also I know this is a dumb question but will I be able to set up an Ethernet > bridge between two (or more) FreeBSD computers with one of these cards in > each? I have been assuming that this is so but just noted that Lucent > designs to a cell concept using a Wavepoint AP for each cell and doesn't say > anything about ad hoc networks, so my question. I am trying to avoid the > expense of Wavepoints by using FreeBSD. Do you want to bridge, or route? FreeBSD doesn't support bridging, but it will route between multiple units just fine. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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