Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 16:59:46 -0500 (CDT) From: Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com> To: Leo Bicknell <bicknell@ufp.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 802.11 AP Status? Message-ID: <20031009165331.Q61977@odysseus.silby.com> In-Reply-To: <20031009192707.GA57227@ussenterprise.ufp.org> References: <20031009192707.GA57227@ussenterprise.ufp.org>
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On Thu, 9 Oct 2003, Leo Bicknell wrote: > > I need to make a FreeBSD box be a proper 802.11 AP (BSS Mode). I've > got a pile of Orinoco cards here, but they seem to still not be > supported. What ever happened to that effort? > > Assuming they still aren't supported any recomendations on a cheap > PCMCIA and/or PCI 802.11 card that is well supported in BSS Mode on > FreeBSD? > > -- > Leo Bicknell - bicknell@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 I have a Netgear MA311 (Prism 2.5 chipset) doing its job as a BSS under -stable, and it works pretty well. Now, take that with a grain of salt, because I only run one node off of it, and that's a machine also running FreeBSD. That machine is running a Netgear MA401, which is the PCMCIA version of the 311. Note that if you're willing to run -current, your options are even better: According to the ath manpage, the Atheros based cards support BSS mode, they're a/b/g capable, and they're true PCI/cardbus cards, so they should perform better. Mike "Silby" Silbersack
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