From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 24 05:02:40 2003 Return-Path: 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 BD77516A4BF for ; Sun, 24 Aug 2003 05:02:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.gmx.net (pop.gmx.de [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6ABA043FB1 for ; Sun, 24 Aug 2003 05:02:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from alexander.pohoyda@gmx.net) Received: (qmail 3325 invoked by uid 65534); 24 Aug 2003 12:02:38 -0000 Received: from p508BFB7C.dip.t-dialin.net (EHLO oak.pohoyda.family) (80.139.251.124) by mail.gmx.net (mp001) with SMTP; 24 Aug 2003 14:02:38 +0200 Received: from oak.pohoyda.family (oak.pohoyda.family [127.0.0.1]) by oak.pohoyda.family (8.12.9/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h7OC2bfN001721; Sun, 24 Aug 2003 14:02:37 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from alexander.pohoyda@gmx.net) Received: (from apog@localhost) by oak.pohoyda.family (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h7OC2ahQ001718; Sun, 24 Aug 2003 14:02:36 +0200 (CEST) X-Authentication-Warning: oak.pohoyda.family: apog set sender to alexander.pohoyda@gmx.net using -f Sender: alexander.pohoyda@gmx.net To: Benjamin Walkenhorst References: <20030820073638.2CF9643FCB@mx1.FreeBSD.org> From: Alexander Pohoyda Date: 24 Aug 2003 14:02:36 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20030820073638.2CF9643FCB@mx1.FreeBSD.org> Message-ID: <871xvbl0v7.fsf@oak.pohoyda.family> Lines: 15 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DSL + USB-WLAN-Adapter X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 12:02:40 -0000 Benjamin Walkenhorst writes: > I finally managed to talk my parents into getting DSL. To avoid putting > cables all over the house (our NTBA is in the basement, my parents' pc is in > the first story, mine in the second) we consider getting a hardware router* > with WLAN. These typically use small USB-adapters to connect to the pc. There was a question like this some time ago, and if I remember right, the answer is that USB WLAN adapters are not supported yet. I recommend to use PC-Card devices, some of which work with FreeBSD. -- Alexander Pohoyda