From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 27 12:32:01 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 359F816A4B3 for ; Mon, 27 Oct 2003 12:32:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail1.panix.com (mail1.panix.com [166.84.1.72]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 757DF43FAF for ; Mon, 27 Oct 2003 12:31:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from stanb@panix.com) Received: from panix.com (brillig.panix.com [166.84.1.76]) by mail1.panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED402487D9 for ; Mon, 27 Oct 2003 15:31:51 -0500 (EST) Received: from teddy.fas.com (pcp01010374pcs.mplsnt01.sc.comcast.net [68.58.176.69]) by panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFA942AA48 for ; Mon, 27 Oct 2003 15:31:51 -0500 (EST) Received: from stan by teddy.fas.com with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1AEE1n-0000FK-00 for ; Mon, 27 Oct 2003 15:31:51 -0500 Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 15:31:50 -0500 From: stan To: Free BSD Questions list Message-ID: <20031027203150.GB843@teddy.fas.com> Mail-Followup-To: Free BSD Questions list Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline X-Editor: gVim X-Operating-System: Debian GNU/Linux X-Kernel-Version: 2.4.21 X-Uptime: 15:23:56 up 3 days, 4:56, 2 users, load average: 0.48, 0.24, 0.08 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: Stan Brown Subject: Wireless (802.11) question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 20:32:01 -0000 I'm about to embark on a wireless experiemnt, having never dealt with this technology before. So, I've got a failry basic question. My plan was to put a wireless card in a machine running FreeBSD, and use this machine as a gateway from an existing network to a new subnet that would only exist in the wireless world. Some people are telling me that I can't do that. They are saying I need an "access point" device for all the various devices to communicate to. Am I on the wrong track here? -- "They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin