Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 06:33:51 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Hans Vledder <Hans_Vledder@nl.compuware.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 802.11g and FreeBSD based access point ... Message-ID: <20030917210351.GC37023@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <D913221A882FD31198D90008C75D69090A67E8F0@cwnl-ams-pri01.nl.compuware.com> References: <D913221A882FD31198D90008C75D69090A67E8F0@cwnl-ams-pri01.nl.compuware.com>
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--OBd5C1Lgu00Gd/Tn Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline [Format recovered--see http://www.lemis.com/email/email-format.html] Broken quoting. On Wednesday, 17 September 2003 at 12:30:15 +0200, Hans Vledder wrote: > On Wednesday, September 17, 2003 4:49 AM, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: >> On Tuesday, 16 September 2003 at 14:10:29 +0200, Hans Vledder wrote: >>> On Saturday, September 13, 2003 9:18 PM, Greg Lehey wrote: >>>> Last weekend I bought a couple of 802.11b/g wireless routers (AirLink, >>>> I think). These boxes contain an access point, a four-port Ethernet >>>> switch and an additional downlink Ethernet port. They're intended as >>>> cable or ADSL gateways, accessed by the downlink port. You can >>>> configure the downlink port to access the other networks by NAT or >>>> directly, and you can run a mini-firewall if you want. It can also >>>> function as a DHCP server. These boxes cost me $80 at Fry's, the same >>>> price as a basic 802.11b access point. >>>> >>>> This weekend I went back to Fry's looking for Atheros-based wireless >>>> cards. The cheapest I could find cost $100. >>>> >>>> Based on that, it's not clear why you would want to build an AP from a >>>> wireless card. >>> >>> Well, this to avoid having to deal with a 'swiss army knife' type >>> of box, just like the one you're describing. Nowadays these boxes >>> have everything in them, and the single thing that they apparently >>> can't do is bake bread. I'd like to put all I need between my >>> local network and the wireless network into a FreeBSD box. >> >> Even if it costs you significantly more? > > Good point, although I have this whole stack of $10 HP Vectra P/166 > machines that my core lan setup consists off. All I need basically, > is a wireless NIC. I seem to have difficulty explaining things to you. The wireless NIC alone costs more than the entire router. How can your approach be cheaper? > The contents of this e-mail are intended for the named addressee > only. You sent this message to a mailing list. This disclaimer doesn't make any sense. > It contains information that may be confidential. Unless you are the > named addressee or an authorized designee, you may not copy or use > it, or disclose it to anyone else. This message will be archived forever. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address and phone numbers --OBd5C1Lgu00Gd/Tn Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/aMw3IubykFB6QiMRAgMvAJ9VW1+1OBnOInNsgSBimZLQF15CwgCglfJy QS8I60BL7iVXLWhS6Fw38Us= =nilJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --OBd5C1Lgu00Gd/Tn--
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