From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 22 23:49:14 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 228441065673 for ; Mon, 22 Dec 2008 23:49:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@sequestered.net) Received: from alcatraz.sequestered.net (alcatraz.sequestered.net [24.199.11.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F23FD8FC13 for ; Mon, 22 Dec 2008 23:49:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@sequestered.net) Received: from Singularity.dyn.wh.reachlocal.com (rrcs-67-52-96-162.west.biz.rr.com [67.52.96.162]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: jay@sequestered.net) by alcatraz.sequestered.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 98B13680C4; Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:48:55 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <49502764.10405@sequestered.net> Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:48:52 -0800 From: Corey Chandler User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 (Macintosh/20081105) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: raggen@raggens.net References: <560f92640812221349y683a7cbhce8ae0f22a8bedf0@mail.gmail.com> <4950245D.5090006@telia.com> In-Reply-To: <4950245D.5090006@telia.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SEQUESTERED-NET-MailScanner-Watermark: 1230594540.50505@llsaYEV0K1Tqze97QKqDpg X-SEQUESTERED-NET-MailScanner-Information: Please contact Sequestered.net support for more information X-MailScanner-ID: 98B13680C4.809DE X-SEQUESTERED-NET-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-SEQUESTERED-NET-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=0.6, required 6, J_CHICKENPOX_33 0.60) X-SEQUESTERED-NET-MailScanner-From: lists@sequestered.net X-Spam-Status: No Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Nerius Landys Subject: Re: Wireless router? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 23:49:14 -0000 Roger Olofsson wrote: > > > Nerius Landys skrev: >> I have a PC with FreeBSD set up as a router (NAT). The PC has several >> network cards and I'm grouping the internal-facing network cards as a >> bridge (promiscuous mode for the interfaces). Everything works well. >> >> Now I'd like to extend my wired network to include wireless. I really >> have no experience with wireless networks. I have a couple of >> computers that are wireless-ready (a laptop and a Playstation 3 that I >> won in a raffle). Is it possible to somehow add some hardware to my >> FreeBSD router PC to make it into a wireless router? What kind of >> hardware would I install? What is it called? The PC only has PCI >> slots, can you recommend a brand and model of "wireless server >> equiptment" if such a thing exists? Would a normal wireless card >> suffice? What model should I get? I would prefer to set up static >> internal IPs for my wireless network at home, would this be possible? >> Or is DHCP the way to go (I hesitate at the thought of configuring a >> DHCP server). >> >> Another way to go is to hook up a standalone wireless router appliance >> to my FreeBSD machine's network interface (one of the interfaces). I >> already have such a device, I think it's made by Linksys. But then, I >> would be NAT'ing both through the FreeBSD machine and through the >> wireless router. So it would be a double-NAT so to speak. Is there >> anything wrong with that approach? >> >> So in a nutshell, I have a wired FreeBSD router with multiple ethernet >> jacks at home, and I want to extend it to include wireless network. >> Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks. >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus >> Database: 270.10.0/1861 - Release Date: 2008-12-22 11:23 >> > > Hello Nerius, > > I simply bought a standard wireless router, turned off all services in > it except the access list and plugged it in the LAN. The access list > filters on mac addresses and that level of security is fine where I live. > > The wireless router does have firewall, dhcp, port triggering and such > but I disabled all of those since my FreeBSDs do all of that already. > > The wireless router has one port for internet and four ports as a > normal switch, I don't use the internet port. I just plug in the > ethernet cable in the switch part as uplink. > > I considered having a wifi nic as accesspoint in the FreeBSD main > router, however, it was better for me to be able to place the wifi > router for optimal range of the wifi. Turned out that the centre point > for wifi is not the same as where the main router is.... > > Greetings > > /Roger > > This is definitely the route I'd go. I'm a BIG fan of the Buffalo wireless access points if they've re-entered the channel near you (a patent troll prevented their sale for the last 18 months, but that court case was just overturned), as they support DD-WRT. Failing that, the Linksys WRT54GL isn't a half bad unit. Custom firmware (dd-wrt, OpenWRT, Tomato) also give you a lot finer grained control over what happens on the AP. -- CJC