Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:14:06 +0200 From: Patrick Bihan-Faou <patrick.bihan-faou@mindstep.com> To: "Marc G. Fournier" <freebsd@hub.org> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wireless recommendations ... Message-ID: <470F650E.7010300@mindstep.com> In-Reply-To: <470F1869.5070803@net.utcluj.ro> References: <20011EE14844381044655F4D@ganymede.hub.org> <470F1869.5070803@net.utcluj.ro>
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Cristian KLEIN a écrit : > Marc G. Fournier wrote: > >> I'm looking to do some consulting on a project that will involve wireless >> networks ... since, if it goes forward, I'm going to be the "Unix person", so, >> of course, the unix side will be FreeBSD ... >> >> ... but, I haven't used wireless at all under FreeBSD ... what do we support >> *well*? The machine(s) are going to be remote, so I'd like to go with >> something that is generally felt to be 'consistently reliable' vs 'cheap' ... >> or, at least, somewhere in the middle ground would be nice :) >> > > Go with ralink or atheros based cards. They are available under various names from a bunch of vendors. They work well and can be used to build access points. If you choose a ralink based card, and use freebsd 6, update the driver to include support for the latest chipsets are these are the ones that are usually available. Patrick.
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