Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 18:00:55 +0800 From: "Daniel Kirkwood" <dmk@worfie.net> To: <freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org>, <neal@nelsonnet.org> Subject: Re: Apple Airport Cards Message-ID: <020801c0e438$6d804c00$170c0b0a@cairo.iteru.net> References: <20010524070211.4525.cpmta@c000.snv.cp.net>
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----- Original Message ----- From: <neal@nelsonnet.org> To: <freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org> Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 3:02 PM Subject: Apple Airport Cards > Does anybody know if Apple Airport wireless cards are usable > under FreeBSD? They're about a third cheaper than Orinoco cards > here in Australia ($199 compared to >$300). The Apple cards are not pin compatible with PCMCIA, so this won't work. > Is it also possible to use one in an ISA (or PCI) adaptor card > like the Orinoco cards or would I have to get a gateway? No, you'll have to put a real Orinoco/Wavelan card into the 'adaptor', and setup NAT or routing of some sort. If you want a 'real' base station, you'll have to buy something like the Orinico "Residential Gateway", or the Airport base station... both are roughly equivalent. A PC can't act as a proper base station. As an alternative, you could run the cards in IBSS peer-to-peer mode, and setup NAT/routing on one of the peers (probably your FreeBSD box). This is what I do at home, and it works nicely. Rgds, - Daniel. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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