From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 7 19:12:18 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 7 19:12:17 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ptavv.es.net (ptavv.es.net [198.128.4.29]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D492537B400 for ; Thu, 7 Dec 2000 19:12:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from ptavv.es.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ptavv.es.net (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eB83CGJ15963 for ; Thu, 7 Dec 2000 19:12:16 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200012080312.eB83CGJ15963@ptavv.es.net> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Apple Airport with FreeBSD Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2000 19:12:16 -0800 From: "Kevin Oberman" Sender: oberman@ptavv.es.net Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message