Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 14:38:24 -1000 From: David Cornejo <dave@dogwood.com> To: Dan Langille <dan@langille.org> Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Raspberry Pi as portable WAP / hotspot Message-ID: <CAFnjQbtM5yQRUJT92H2yBq9JsWTU5gPTKpn9YsBNsZYW1iDCuw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <7A5E7171-F473-414F-95DC-C21444C96DFF@langille.org> References: <7A5E7171-F473-414F-95DC-C21444C96DFF@langille.org>
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On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 2:03 PM, Dan Langille <dan@langille.org> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm looking into setting up a Raspberry Pi as a portable hot-spot. > > The idea is to rent / buy a USB air card, and use that as the internet > access. Then the unit will supply wifi for phone, tablet, printer=85 > > Or would it make more sense to use a purpose built airplay unit from the > same ISP=85 Probably=85 > > -- > Dan Langille - http://langille.org > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-arm@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arm > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-arm-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > I've been underwhelmed by the performance of my Raspberry Pi w/FreeBSD - WiFi and the Broadband adapter both run over USB and that seems to be a bottleneck. I ended up buying a mobile hotspot which probably cost me less than my rpi after case, power, cabling, usb broadband adapter, SD card, etc= . Building your own does have a certain appeal though... dave c
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