From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 17 07:44:10 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 CF9D8106566C for ; Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:44:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71EA88FC2A for ; Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:44:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from TEDSDSK (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id m2H7i9Du000980; Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:44:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Sam Fourman Jr." , "FreeBSD Mailing List" Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:45:33 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1914 In-Reply-To: <11167f520803161307o280aba4fla0f33b69e58e4417@mail.gmail.com> Importance: Normal X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90]); Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:44:10 -0700 (PDT) Cc: Subject: RE: Wireless AP FreeBSD 7.0 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, 17 Mar 2008 07:44:10 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Sam Fourman Jr. > Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2008 12:08 PM > To: FreeBSD Mailing List > Subject: Wireless AP FreeBSD 7.0 > > > Hello, > > my question is Does FreeBSD 7.0 Have ALTQ and pf enabled by default? > or do Ihave to compile that support in the kernel > > Here is the HOWTO I am following to setup a Small office Samba File > Server / Wireless AP > http://tun0.net/ascii/config/freebsd_access_point/howtoforge-freeb sd_wireless.html > My only comment here is I would advise that you simply buy a commercial hardware access point as your wireless transmitter rather than a PCI or other card in a FreeBSD server. You can mount the transmitter and it's antenna on the ceiling, in the very best spot for broadcasting a radio signal to cover the entire area you want covered, and you will get maximum radiated power when the antenna you use is next to the access point, and has the shortest possible connecting cable to the access point itself. You then run ethernet from this to the server itself. More importantly, wireless is baloney networking, insofar as it is not reliable as wired ethernet cables. Your going to have disconnections, period. Espically when people come in with laptops with embedded antennas. If you combine the AP and the Samba server they are surely going to blame the server long before their crappy wireless cards in their peecees, and you don't want to tarnish FreeBSD and Samba with a bad rap. If you have a separate hardware AP it's a lot easier to convince them that the problem is inherent in the wireless networking itself, and has nothing to do with the server, when you can point to a separate box. Ted