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Date:      Thu, 07 Dec 2000 19:12:16 -0800
From:      "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Apple Airport with FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <200012080312.eB83CGJ15963@ptavv.es.net>

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I have been looking at a home wireless network using the Apple
Airport. It's a really neat little box and at under $300, it's fairly
affordable. 

My main concern is using it without a Mac. I know it will inter-operate
with my WaveLAN cards, but I am unsure about management
functions. Does anyone know if there is a way to set it up to from a
FreeBSD box? I don't care about the modem. I will be connecting to my
cable modem via Ethernet, so I don't have to worry about that.

But it looks like software updates are in an Apple proprietary format
and I suspect I'll need to have a Mac to upgrade. I also need to set
keys, network name and configure addresses or DHCP, although that
should "just work" if they did it right.

I'd appreciate any suggestions form anyone who is familiar with it.

R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
E-mail: oberman@es.net			Phone: +1 510 486-8634


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