From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 25 08:30:14 2006 Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG> X-Original-To: doc@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3017516A4E1 for <doc@FreeBSD.org>; Tue, 25 Jul 2006 08:30:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from D.Willemse@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr5.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr5.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.25]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3FF8F43D58 for <doc@FreeBSD.org>; Tue, 25 Jul 2006 08:30:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from D.Willemse@xs4all.nl) Received: from webmail.xs4all.nl (dovemail7.xs4all.nl [194.109.26.9]) by smtp-vbr5.xs4all.nl (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k6P8UBFv015244 for <doc@FreeBSD.org>; Tue, 25 Jul 2006 10:30:11 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from D.Willemse@xs4all.nl) Received: from 213.84.212.27 (SquirrelMail authenticated user daim) by webmail.xs4all.nl with HTTP; Tue, 25 Jul 2006 10:30:11 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <25094.213.84.212.27.1153816211.squirrel@webmail.xs4all.nl> Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 10:30:11 +0200 (CEST) From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Da=EFm_Willemse?= <D.Willemse@xs4all.nl> To: doc@FreeBSD.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: Subject: Handbook Chapter 27 X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: D.Willemse@xs4all.nl List-Id: Documentation project <freebsd-doc.freebsd.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-doc>, <mailto:freebsd-doc-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-doc> List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-doc@freebsd.org> List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-doc-request@freebsd.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-doc>, <mailto:freebsd-doc-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 08:30:14 -0000 Dear people, Chapter 27.3 of the FreeBSD handbook (on wireless networking) tells that": "In order to set up a wireless access point with FreeBSD, you need to have a compatible wireless card. Currently, only cards with the Prism chipset are supported." Due to the great improvements in FreeBSD wlan, this is no longer true. I created a quick howto for making a FreeBSD accesspoint using a ral-based wlan card. I published this under GNU FDL so u can link to it or use it. Greetings, Daim