From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 27 17:58:54 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7884D1065673 for ; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:58:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from traveling08@cox.net) Received: from fed1rmmtao101.cox.net (fed1rmmtao101.cox.net [68.230.241.45]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5151F8FC14 for ; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:58:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fed1rmimpo01.cox.net ([70.169.32.71]) by fed1rmmtao105.cox.net (InterMail vM.8.00.01.00 201-2244-105-20090324) with ESMTP id <20100727174343.CGUV956.fed1rmmtao105.cox.net@fed1rmimpo01.cox.net>; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:43:43 -0400 Received: from asus64 ([72.220.91.10]) by fed1rmimpo01.cox.net with bizsmtp id n5jf1e00U0DQbeo035jhtY; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:43:41 -0400 X-VR-Score: -260.00 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=atnVLXso/ZAvPKALjQcfOkxYrpEEKc6RlNgW2Y2qy5c= c=1 sm=1 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=/nTdwXoUaSOHzX6NQnbKNQ==:17 a=6tTI6J_PAAAA:8 a=pjdaNNIBAAAA:8 a=gy3DmOkAVHnoBEnoO2YA:9 a=vNy_pN89wHjBVpTYD60A:7 a=zG0CH2OJ_BgaOeVQggQY_EaKiOAA:4 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 a=epLI21a5OuIA:10 a=qQ99KXQnr59SFPYL:21 a=reNLaAVPNA73J9qC:21 a=/nTdwXoUaSOHzX6NQnbKNQ==:117 X-CM-Score: 0.00 Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:43:34 -0700 From: Robert To: John Nielsen Message-ID: <20100727104334.09c5ac31@asus64> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.6 (GTK+ 2.20.1; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Beach Geek , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PCI AP card recommendations X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:58:54 -0000 On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:06:35 -0400 John Nielsen wrote: > On Jul 25, 2010, at 5:10 PM, Beach Geek wrote: > > > Looking for feedback from people using FreeBSD v8.x as access > > points. We will be using Pentium 3 boxes with 8-STABLE as APs. > > Each box will have a unique SSID and use WPA2-PSK. > > Each AP will be linked back to 2 gateways. > > > > I'm looking for AP card suggestions and any helpful hints as far as > > the APs. Looking for card models, not chipsets. > > > > Looking forward to hearing your experiences. > > I've been using a D-Link DWL-G520 PCI card in my FreeBSD access point > since at least 6.x. It sports an Atheros 5212 chip and uses the ath > driver. The card supports 802.11b/g as well as the "Turbo" 108Mbps > mode. > > My current setup is FreeBSD 8.1-PRERELEASE with two vap's. The first > is bridged with my LAN ethernet device and uses WPA-PSK. The second > is for guests and has no security. The latter is firewalled off from > the LAN and everything on the host except DNS. It's also > bandwidth-controlled using dummynet. > > This is a small network and rarely has more than 8 or so wireless > clients. > > A couple years ago I added a better external antenna (D-Link > ANT24-0700, still available) and saw a noticeable range increase. > > I've been wanting to upgrade to 802.11n but to my knowledge there is > still no rate algorithm so even supported cards will only operate at > "g" speeds. > > Aside from that I've had no complaints whatsoever with my FreeBSD AP. > > I very much doubt my specific card is still available new. I don't > have any experience with the newer card models but it's not unlikely > they still make a similar card. > They are available and not too expensive on ebay. http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=m570&_nkw=D-Link+DWL-G520&_sacat=See-All-Categories Cheers Robert