From owner-freebsd-mobile Mon Apr 30 11:36:14 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from msgbas1.cos.agilent.com (msgbas1x.cos.agilent.com [192.6.9.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7BDCF37B423 for ; Mon, 30 Apr 2001 11:36:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from darrylo@soco.agilent.com) Received: from msgrel1.and.agilent.com (msgrel1.and.agilent.com [130.30.33.104]) by msgbas1.cos.agilent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BAC3DD18; Mon, 30 Apr 2001 12:36:05 -0600 (MDT) Received: from mina.soco.agilent.com (mina.soco.agilent.com [141.121.54.157]) by msgrel1.and.agilent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50F122E; Mon, 30 Apr 2001 14:35:59 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mina.soco.agilent.com (darrylo@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mina.soco.agilent.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_22672)/8.9.3 SMKit7.1.1_Agilent) with ESMTP id LAA10849; Mon, 30 Apr 2001 11:35:58 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200104301835.LAA10849@mina.soco.agilent.com> To: David Wolfskill Cc: vdue@zen.tc, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dell Inspiron 2500 and what 802.11b Reply-To: Darryl Okahata In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 30 Apr 2001 11:19:39 PDT." <200104301819.f3UIJdX29078@bunrab.catwhisker.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by tm-edit 1.6) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 11:35:56 -0700 From: Darryl Okahata Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org David Wolfskill wrote: > >I looked at the possibilty of using one of my servers as the AP for > >the laptop, but the info on setting this up is a bit sketchy regarding > >some of the aspects. PCI v ISA, and which cards are supported in this > >configuration. From the BAWUG page, I did find the info on how to > >setup the FreeBSD base station, but it references the ISA setup. > > >My server doesn't have any ISA slots. 8-) (Abit VP6 w/4.3-STABLE) > > I've not done this sort of thing myself, so I won't add to any confusion > by commenting further on it, except to note that some folks do use such > setups. Unless Warner's MFC'd something from -current, PCI PCMCIA adapters (required for creating an ad-hoc access point) aren't supported in -stable. [ For that matter, I'm unaware that PCI PCMCIA adapters are working in -current, although they may be (I haven't been following -current very closely). Also, there are (were???) issues regarding 802.11b bridging: you can't do it with -stable, and have to use routing/NAT. Hopefully, someone will correct me. ] For now, an ISA slot is *required* if you want to create your own ad-hoc access point. If you don't have one, you can't do it (with FreeBSD, anyway). -- Darryl Okahata darrylo@soco.agilent.com DISCLAIMER: this message is the author's personal opinion and does not constitute the support, opinion, or policy of Agilent Technologies, or of the little green men that have been following him all day. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message