From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 12 12:43:15 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE02316A5CA for ; Fri, 12 Oct 2007 12:43:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from patrick.bihan-faou@mindstep.com) Received: from postfix2-g20.free.fr (postfix2-g20.free.fr [212.27.60.43]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8952E13C455 for ; Fri, 12 Oct 2007 12:43:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from patrick.bihan-faou@mindstep.com) Received: from smtp8-g19.free.fr (smtp8-g19.free.fr [212.27.42.65]) by postfix2-g20.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53F6E1BB1227 for ; Fri, 12 Oct 2007 12:18:33 +0200 (CEST) Received: from smtp8-g19.free.fr (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp8-g19.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A57D17F525; Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:19:33 +0200 (CEST) Received: from crest.mindstep.com (kawa.mindstep.com [88.167.204.204]) by smtp8-g19.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DC4317F513; Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:19:32 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by kawa.mindstep.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0FB91FE7B; Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:19:31 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from patrick.bihan-faou@mindstep.com) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new on ZunoBox at kawa.mindstep.fr Received: from kawa.mindstep.fr ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (kawa.mindstep.fr [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id WHOsS2GdtaBQ; Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:19:31 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [192.168.0.248] (ALyon-156-1-33-126.w86-216.abo.wanadoo.fr [86.216.56.126]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by kawa.mindstep.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4A4F1FE78; Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:19:30 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from patrick.bihan-faou@mindstep.com) Message-ID: <470F650E.7010300@mindstep.com> Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:14:06 +0200 From: Patrick Bihan-Faou Organization: MindStep User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Windows/20070728) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Marc G. Fournier" References: <20011EE14844381044655F4D@ganymede.hub.org> <470F1869.5070803@net.utcluj.ro> In-Reply-To: <470F1869.5070803@net.utcluj.ro> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.3 OpenPGP: id=DADA6685 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wireless recommendations ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 12:43:15 -0000 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.