From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 25 13:12:11 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BD4F16A420 for ; Sat, 25 Feb 2006 13:12:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dick@nagual.st) Received: from nagual.st (cc20684-a.assen1.dr.home.nl [82.74.2.186]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F015B43D45 for ; Sat, 25 Feb 2006 13:12:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dick@nagual.st) Received: from arwen.nagual.st (arwen.nagual.st [192.168.11.29]) by nagual.st with esmtp; Sat, 25 Feb 2006 14:12:09 +0100 id 0003980C.440057A9.000062AD Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 14:12:09 +0100 From: dick hoogendijk To: fbsdq Message-Id: <20060225141209.a40781dd.dick@nagual.st> Organization: de nagual X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.0 (GTK+ 2.8.12; i386-portbld-freebsd6.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: wireless question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 13:12:11 -0000 Up 'till now all my (home) netwrok computers are cabled. My FreeBSD-6.1PR is hidden in the closet (I want no noise!) The problem is my new notebook -- it's wireless. so now I have to learn how to deal with this. I don't want my server leaving the closet (too much noise). Can someone give me some reading pointers on how to tackle this problem? I.e.: is it possible to connect an wireless access point to my router? Or is it better to change the router into a wireless router (can signals go through wooden doors?. It's all very confusing and I'm willing to learn! ;-) -- dick -- http://nagual.st/ -- PGP/GnuPG key: F86289CE ++ Running FreeBSD 6.1 ++ The Power to Serve