From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 11 15:40:13 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64614EC5 for ; Thu, 11 Oct 2012 15:40:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tevans.uk@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-qc0-f182.google.com (mail-qc0-f182.google.com [209.85.216.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D5528FC0C for ; Thu, 11 Oct 2012 15:40:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qc0-f182.google.com with SMTP id l39so1804981qcs.13 for ; Thu, 11 Oct 2012 08:40:12 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=dCTQo778GHRjA0nb30JBl3SpNzXxEbWV8d7aYWrADGs=; b=wOf5yHJrs3eZQvQ5dJU1w7KtPiOkee3ZBgXzNwFlGT/2OY4mPB2mOmIMcHYVxaTWw3 rvkbAImL21MANU3vMgHXEIKBraBMNjhtureLJXSezeq9uylaKl6XTDtV9GunPmDTq18j nUlQjWWTVgIp4Cuk+kRlK0TLKMr6Hvfg2a2nqiwgNb5zXxr3tkQLMlyomExYYIM+jMlV I4kufnIHsaHWJus8O5VpYSmfoHgP80Wbx3xgnlDB9Ep6qva0bVYwUtIQnt9L8SO9wQH0 ylJjUHZlvcM4PmMJ1CBph+UcQqWtSreNZeHAcm5qSnd7kX9cHjH2d1vZYKmSN5ehVmFX WgCA== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.49.85.202 with SMTP id j10mr2632553qez.59.1349970012122; Thu, 11 Oct 2012 08:40:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.49.82.41 with HTTP; Thu, 11 Oct 2012 08:40:12 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20121011145453.GU69724@acme.spoerlein.net> References: <20121011145453.GU69724@acme.spoerlein.net> Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 16:40:12 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Buying recommendation for silent router/fileserver From: Tom Evans To: current@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 15:40:13 -0000 On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 3:54 PM, Ulrich Sp=C3=B6rlein wro= te: > Hey guys, > > I need to replace an aging Pentium IV system that has been serving as my > router, access point, file- and mediaserver for quite some time now. The > replacement should have: > > - amd64 CPU (for ZFS, obviously) > - 2x GigE (igress, egress interfaces) > - some form of wlan interface (I currently use an Atheros based PCI card) > =E2=80=A6 > For Wifi I can always fall back to sticking in a supported USB stick, > although that's kinda hacky. Are you planning to have the wifi act as an access point? Very few USB wlan devices support hostap mode; and those that do, don't support it very well. I've used a ural(4) stick in hostap before; any client that supports client power save, and that you can't disable power save on, will fall lose link as soon as it tries to enable power save. I don't know of any other wifi sticks that support hostap. Cheers Tom