From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 23 18:59:51 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D02ED106566C for ; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:59:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail2.fluidhosting.com (mx23.fluidhosting.com [204.14.89.6]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 822F48FC08 for ; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:59:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 27629 invoked by uid 399); 23 Jul 2008 18:33:10 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO lap.dougb.net) (dougb@dougbarton.us@127.0.0.1) by localhost with ESMTPAM; 23 Jul 2008 18:33:10 -0000 X-Originating-IP: 127.0.0.1 X-Sender: dougb@dougbarton.us Message-ID: <48877965.7080408@FreeBSD.org> Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:33:09 -0700 From: Doug Barton Organization: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080606) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: doug@polands.org References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 OpenPGP: id=D5B2F0FB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wireless access points: consumer, commercial, or DIY? X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:59:51 -0000 Doug Poland wrote: > Hello, > > I'm a long-time FreeBSD user (servers, desktops, laptops) and have lately > become disillusioned with the quality of consumer WAPs. This is an are where you usually get what you pay for, unless you are unlucky enough to buy something expensive that sucks. :-/ I personally have had very good luck with the older versions (4 and 3.1) of the Linksys WRT54G (the models that were Linux based). I've run various 3rd party firmwares, as well as the stock firmware and always had good results. The ones I'm running now are 3 years old and not showing any signs of slowing down. I'm currently running X-Wrt which is the OpenWrt code base with a better web interface and bug fixes. The OpenWrt developers froze their "whiterussian" release sometime back to focus on development for their new "kamikaze" branch, but that branch has taken a few left turns and hasn't settled down yet. You can read about the differences on the OpenWrt web site. I'm happy with the latest build of the X-Wrt whiterussian branch. Use the default_extra version since it includes the wireless stuff. I am also using tunnelbroker.net to add native-looking IPv6 to my home network. Here is what I did to accomplish that: http://www.tunnelbroker.net/forums/index.php?topic=106.0 Finally, Warner posted a good article on how to roll your own with FreeBSD: http://bsdimp.blogspot.com/2008/07/quick-guide-to-freebsd-hostap-for.html hth, Doug -- This .signature sanitized for your protection