Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 10:54:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Michael DuFresne <vdue@zen.tc> To: David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org> Cc: <freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Dell Inspiron 2500 and what 802.11b Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.32.0104301040580.19465-100000@beowulf.zen.tc> In-Reply-To: <200104301701.f3UH1nK28578@bunrab.catwhisker.org>
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On Mon, 30 Apr 2001, David Wolfskill wrote: > Just because you're using a Cisco PCMCIA card does *not* mean that you > necessarily need to use a Cisco AP -- or *any* AP, for that matter. The > whole point of the "Wi-Fi" branding is so folks can have some degree of > assurance that the products will interoperate. (The crack about "any > AP" refers to the possiblity of using a pair of cards, one in an ISA (or > PCI?) adapter, in ad-hoc mode.) I looked at the possibilty of using one of my servers as the AP for the laptop, but the info on setting this up is a bit sketchy regarding some of the aspects. PCI v ISA, and which cards are supported in this configuration. From the BAWUG page, I did find the info on how to setup the FreeBSD base station, but it references the ISA setup. My server doesn't have any ISA slots. 8-) (Abit VP6 w/4.3-STABLE) > (At home, I use an Apple AirPort AP with the Cisco/Aironet cards.) I was considering the Linksys WAP11, but I recall reading that the configure options aren't password protected. This seems like a pretty serious flaw to me. Too bad, as the WAP11 was pretty cheap. > Well, that depends. :-} (You probably could reasonably have expected > that "answer".) Hehe. That answer _always_ applies to *nix. > What I do is use CVSup to maintain a local CVS repository. And by doing > that, I can hack my own /usr/src tree as much as I want, and as long as > I have a running system, I can blow stuff away and get it back to > "normal" pretty easily. > > Before doing things this way, I had tried just using CVSup to update my > sources, and that proved to be rather annoying. Maybe there's some > "trick" to it, but having my own mirrored FreeBSD repository appears to > be a far easier approach. Not being a developer, much less having the ability to do anything but the most basic editing of source code (and I do mean basic....), I usually pretty careful about messing about with my sources. Usually, cvsup is run from cron on a regular basis. My question was whether or not adding in the patches would confuse cvsup, or if cvsup would just clobber the original files. > >I'm in Walnut Creek. > > Eh; that's what I get for trying to ascribe geography to TLDs. I should > know better by now; sorry. :-} There's a BAWUG meeting Thursday of > this week. (The meeting is in Redwood City this time; I'd plan to > attend, but I have a prior committment.) What can I say; register.com, it was cheap... > For my home stuff, I'm using WEP (though it's weak, I fancy it may > provide some deterrent), as well as restricting the AP to talking only > with cards that use MAC addresses I list for it (though the MAC address > can be changed at will, again, I fancy it is some deterrent), and I use > SSH for any communication from the laptop to any machines where I get > shell prompts. > > Hope this is of some use, > david As long as the standards are, well, standard, then any AP should work with any card? I'm assuming, then, that the cisco cards and AP provide a bit of additional functionality? Then again, if its all insecure, perhaps the additional functionality isn't worth the cost... Mike -- Cannot run out of time. There is infinite time. You are finite. Zathras is finite. This ...is wrong tool. - Zathras To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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