From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 5 04:51:42 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC67016A4CE for ; Fri, 5 Nov 2004 04:51:42 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pop-1.dnv.wideopenwest.com (pop-1.dnv.wideopenwest.com [64.233.207.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5072243D55 for ; Fri, 5 Nov 2004 04:51:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from onesmartidiot@wideopenwest.com) Received: from blain (d60-65-101-200.col.wideopenwest.com [65.60.200.101]) iA54vg6X005799 for ; Thu, 4 Nov 2004 22:57:47 -0600 Message-Id: <200411050457.iA54vg6X005799@pop-1.dnv.wideopenwest.com> From: "Blain Gatterdam" To: Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 23:51:47 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5510 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Thread-Index: AcTC8ydcNu77JSwEQ4GxOta1vs/lRQ== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: Wireless internet X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 05 Nov 2004 04:51:42 -0000 Hello, I would like to set up my gnome FreeBSD (v 5.2.1) to connect wirelessly to my home network. I have a linksys 802.11b wireless router/ switch, how can I set up my computer to work wirelessly? I can't "hard wire", wireless is the only thing I have left. I've already learned from a FreeBSD dude that USB adaptors won't work. Right now I'm looking at a wireless B 802.11 linksys PCI adaptor. I also learned that I can make use of "project evil" to use windows XP drivers. Is this "project evil already on my system? Or do I have to download it, because if I have to install it. yea. I'm an annoying newbie to the Linux background, im slowly learning though. I was told if I left a message here, I might get some help. I don't know if this matters or not, but this computer will run as a 24/7 web server. Security isn't that big of a deal, I hear that's the big bummer with wireless. But with the web server part, I know where to find help for that. I cant even get it connected when I hook the computer up down by the router "hard-wire". Any help would be nice, please send it to my email ( onesmartidiot@wideopenwest.com ). Thanks to the dudes that I seem to be bugging with my annoying questions, your help is greatly appreciated! Thanks, Blain ASUS A7N8X Deluxe Athlon XP 2500+ Western Digital 80GB Simple Tech DDR 400mhz 512mb Gnome FreeBSD 5.2.1