From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Jul 29 6: 4:57 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41CB837B400 for ; Mon, 29 Jul 2002 06:04:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from opium.co.za (opium.co.za [196.34.165.210]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E484743E31 for ; Mon, 29 Jul 2002 06:04:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@opium.co.za) Received: from mark (helo=localhost) by opium.co.za with local-esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17ZACU-00019u-00; Mon, 29 Jul 2002 15:04:38 +0200 Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 15:04:38 +0200 (SAST) From: Mark Bojara X-X-Sender: mark@opium.co.za To: Max Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Orinoco Ap-500 or OR-500? In-Reply-To: <007001c236f9$3f7787f0$04ef10ac@wireless> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org If you are looking for a hardware access point I would recommend the D-Link access points. They are cheaper and run better. ---------------------------------------------------------------- (C) 1992 Wild Bill's Machine Gun Shop and House of Wax. ---------------------------------------------------------------- On Mon, 29 Jul 2002, Max wrote: >Hi Mark, > >I have taken a look at that, and that's a very cost effective solution. But >assuming the situation where the use of a computer is being avoided >altogether, then, which is the better choice? > >Max >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Mark Bojara" >To: "Max" >Cc: >Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 1:09 PM >Subject: Re: Orinoco Ap-500 or OR-500? > > >> Greetings Max, >> >> Get a PCMCIA Orinocco Wireless card and set it up on a FreeBSD server to >> act as a Access Point. Please check the URL below for detailed >> information. >> >> http://www.samag.com/documents/s=7121/sam0205a/sam0205a.htm >> >> Regards >> Mark Bojara >> MICS Online - 012-661-999 >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------- >> And he disappeared in a puff of logic. >> ---------------------------------------------------------------- >> On Mon, 29 Jul 2002, Max wrote: >> >> >I am look for a solution for my remote stations. I have a wireless >backbone beaming across the clients and they have their lans already in >place. My task is to connect their lans to the backbone wirelessly. My >question is: what's the best choice (efficiency and cost-wise) for >connectiing them? Do I use a Orinoco AP-500 or OR-500? Formerly i was using >a gateway machine Win2000 Server/Win2K Pro and WinXP. >> > >> >Thanks >> > >> >Max >> > >> > >> >> > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message