From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 21 15:21:34 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 6DD471065674 for ; Sat, 21 Mar 2009 15:21:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from crussell_1969@yahoo.com) Received: from web51605.mail.re2.yahoo.com (web51605.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.38.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 11F528FC1F for ; Sat, 21 Mar 2009 15:21:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from crussell_1969@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 70649 invoked by uid 60001); 21 Mar 2009 14:54:52 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1237647292; bh=G2WI6ZNl9t2nQq2jMBm2TLAXwTzxES2mg8wgZVG3ivU=; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=C6rClY5AuhSrDCclBhFBdtCWLTyAE1f+0xfce9w21AxuEnhdZfwCwaUnlvB9AFLN4+FmLKXNkE24kwnGXznI5mW6HdDb8NGD3nUsv91D7tGDfKPQaDdPYajqbkn2di4ce7YwY5q3ahOd+d68sbyTZQQzXFbPH0wa+Djc+TH51jw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=30qJunRH0dujqs+eRMlXDkq9X70XobkfZ5hSPrUzBB5JJSCwcWiTbH/FyYiRxZOF6j8yiAmf5f/Gi3/Vk2WQzrJHakYMrlaKaKsjQicaWvEXbMMpiV3HSKSbsiG5MnP7g8Q9WFJvbN5bCfBnRbfOLNSe6WZ2Ou3X5BJsOyMh/eM=; Message-ID: <852199.69746.qm@web51605.mail.re2.yahoo.com> X-YMail-OSG: jtR3M08VM1lKnDeIa6LTt1GPAAKpDcQKr6mw2k.s7R.7E6UxxTMtXJqbgah.8KLyGLjsuZBJ5HknwpUcUyNqzZuXaA5OJFJkC55_hCw.Krg.iPjhAI4fovG9ZyzX5jtOCYtFh5lDB7YF7hHBO1no5Ru7YUS9FV4qSQXJi2BoVWsN5hnrHP_asLH7_g.SWH78hVCSWFhU4.IIZaYyzif8o_Kh0P4J6eA- Received: from [75.147.9.165] by web51605.mail.re2.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sat, 21 Mar 2009 07:54:52 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailRC/1277.29 YahooMailWebService/0.7.289.1 Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 07:54:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Craig Russell To: Modulok , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: 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 15:21:35 -0000 Depending upon what your budget is, Tranzeo has some excellent wireless products that are ideal for point-point links. Encryption is built-in and they can be configured for point-point or point-multipoint (just in case the project expands). One problem that you may run into, if both sides of the link are close to the ground, is the "fresnel zone". If one side is higher than the other, this shouldn't be a problem. Two self contained POE radios with built-in antanna should run you about $500 and they can be mounted on standard satellite dish arms. I've also used mikrotik products and have generally been very happy with them. There is a ton of functionality and I actually use two of them for my core routers at my current job. I think for this project they are overkill and there is quite a bit of a learning curve to get them up and running. If you don't plan on deploying anything else, I think that you will find that the tranzeo's are a simpler solution. Craig ----- Original Message ---- From: Modulok To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2009 8:43:01 AM Subject: Creating a 10km wireless bridge...pointers? 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"