From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 9 14:59:52 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3220516A4B3 for ; Thu, 9 Oct 2003 14:59:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from relay.pair.com (relay.pair.com [209.68.1.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3C30B43FEA for ; Thu, 9 Oct 2003 14:59:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from silby@silby.com) Received: (qmail 71514 invoked from network); 9 Oct 2003 21:59:47 -0000 Received: from niwun.pair.com (HELO localhost) (209.68.2.70) by relay.pair.com with SMTP; 9 Oct 2003 21:59:47 -0000 X-pair-Authenticated: 209.68.2.70 Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 16:59:46 -0500 (CDT) From: Mike Silbersack To: Leo Bicknell In-Reply-To: <20031009192707.GA57227@ussenterprise.ufp.org> Message-ID: <20031009165331.Q61977@odysseus.silby.com> References: <20031009192707.GA57227@ussenterprise.ufp.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 802.11 AP Status? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2003 21:59:52 -0000 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