From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 21 13:51:22 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E81AA106566B for ; Sat, 21 Mar 2009 13:51:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bruce@yoafrica.com) Received: from ns2.yoafrica.com (ns2.yoafrica.com [66.135.41.73]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C24378FC08 for ; Sat, 21 Mar 2009 13:51:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bruce@yoafrica.com) Received: from panadol.yoafrica.com ([196.44.176.14]) by ns2.yoafrica.com with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.50) id 1Ll0qc-0000x0-BG; Sat, 21 Mar 2009 15:02:47 +0200 Received: from smtp.yoafrica.com ([196.44.176.8]) by panadol.yoafrica.com with esmtp (Exim 4.68 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1Ll0v9-000ISz-6b; Sat, 21 Mar 2009 15:07:27 +0200 Received: from codeine.yoafrica.com ([196.44.176.4] helo=localhost) by smtp.yoafrica.com with esmtp (Exim 4.68 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1Ll0v9-00018w-2p; Sat, 21 Mar 2009 15:07:27 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 16:07:27 +0300 From: To: Modulok In-Reply-To: <64c038660903210543v1cebe63fr4424bebc58076e4a@mail.gmail.com> References: <64c038660903210543v1cebe63fr4424bebc58076e4a@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <7486cf0fab81351a99fefc950f1a29f5@imap.yoafrica.com> X-Sender: bruce@yoafrica.com User-Agent: RoundCube Webmail/0.1b Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Creating a 10km wireless bridge...pointers? 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: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 13:51:23 -0000 Hi Have a look at Microtik's equipment very cheap for what it does and linux based, else there is also the Ubiquity Powerstation's, I have used both with success, Microtik boasts a 70Km wireless link with the right wireless card and antennae :D Regards, Bruce Grobler On Sat, 21 Mar 2009 06:43:01 -0600, Modulok wrote: > List, > > I have been tasked with getting a DSL connection across about 10km of > no-man's-land to a rural location without internet access. Ideally, > all traffic inbetween the two directional antennas would be encrypted. > (Nice, but not entirely required.) 3Mb/s would be great! Something > like: > > LAN<->BSDrouter<->modem<->Antenna<~~air~~>Antenna<->modem<->DSL > > I'm looking for general pointers of both hardware and software to > achieve this. I'd like to employ FreeBSD as much as is feasible. This > is my first WAN network project, so even newbie pointers and general > references would be much appreciated. (Hardware suggestions, books to > read, etc.) Reliability is of mild concern, simply because I don't > want to drive 10km at 3:00am when something breaks. > > Tips? References? Advice? > -Modulok- > _______________________________________________ > 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"