From owner-freebsd-isp Sat Jun 21 15:38:15 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id PAA23610 for isp-outgoing; Sat, 21 Jun 1997 15:38:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from uhf.wdc.net (uhf.wdc.net [198.147.74.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA23604 for ; Sat, 21 Jun 1997 15:38:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (bad@localhost) by uhf.wdc.net (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id SAA03844 for ; Sat, 21 Jun 1997 18:38:07 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 18:36:45 -0400 (EDT) From: Bernie Doehner To: isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wireless Services Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi Patrick: > I am new to FreeBSD, as well a this list (obviously :), and I have searched > the relevant archives at FreeBSD, with little information being found on > using FreeBSD in a wireless setup, so if there is another place I should > look, please let me know. > We want to setup a box as a wireless bridge to our ethernet for a > point-to-multipoint system as opposed to buying a proprietary bridge. Any > comments/thoughts would be appreciated or pointers to other resources. Outdoor or indoor? If indoor the easiest solution is to buy some NCR wavelan or DEC roamabout cards (http://www.wavelan.com, or http://www.networks.dec.com and search for RoamAbout). > Sorry if this has been discussed already in detail, I just could not find > it in the archives. > Well yes it has, but I personaly don't mind getting you started with this. Regarding Wavelan: jrb@cs.pdx.edu and miff@spam.frisbee.net.au have both worked hard at a 2.2-R compliant driver (actualy there is something submited to the 3.0 sources right now, and it works, except I haven't had time to test the multicasting part which has changed from the original driver. buaas@wireless.wdc.net has also made a few mods necessary to make the new 2.4 GHz. wavelans with dautherboard work. I am in the process of recompiling to test his new code with my (very old) 900 MHz. full height wavelan cards. What's your situation like? Bernie