Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2000 22:11:25 -0500 From: Gerd Knops <gerti@bitart.com> To: "Sameer R. Manek" <manek@ecst.csuchico.edu> Cc: <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: affordable wireless Message-ID: <20000904031125.26416.qmail@camelot.bitart.com> In-Reply-To: <LMEMIKHGPPEEMMMMGIENMEKJCAAA.manek@ecst.csuchico.edu> References: <LMEMIKHGPPEEMMMMGIENMEKJCAAA.manek@ecst.csuchico.edu>
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Sameer R. Manek wrote: > Does anyone have any suggestions on how to have 802.11 wireless for > home users? Naturally it should be supported by FreeBSD. > Configuruation can be done on any pc os though. > > My only affordable solution so far is to use the Apple AirPort base > station, and wavelan pcmcia cards, but I don't know if they can > co-exist, and the AirPort needs a Macintosh to configure. My idea of > affordable for this is less then $500, the lucent wavelan solution > works out to about $900 startup, that's a little out of my budget. > Have not tried it myself, but several EMails in th past indicate you do not need an AirPort. Just use a PCI/PCMCIA adapter with a wavelan card in your server (supposed to work with FreeBSD) and a wavelan in the laptop. Search the archives. Gerd To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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