From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 17 09:14:21 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 67EE5106564A for ; Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:14:21 +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 1FE138FC1F for ; Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:14:21 +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 m2H9EKBZ001652; Mon, 17 Mar 2008 02:14:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Sam Fourman Jr." Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:15:44 -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: <11167f520803170102n2399618dk571aa6f2b0553a3f@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 02:14:20 -0700 (PDT) Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List 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 09:14:21 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Sam Fourman Jr. > Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 12:02 AM > To: Ted Mittelstaedt > Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List > Subject: Re: Wireless AP FreeBSD 7.0 > > > > 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 > > > > Ted, > > I very much agree with you, I just don't have much of a choice in > the matter > I am a consultant (New to BSD's) and the client has a Ralink RT2661 > MIMO PCI card > he has 5 wired computers via a linksys gigabit switch and 1 > notebook(with no wired nic) > It will cost your client more in labor to have you build this than buying a $40 access point. Ted