From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 23 13:42:52 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 24A63106564A for ; Tue, 23 Dec 2008 13:42:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from 240olofsson@telia.com) Received: from av12-2-sn2.hy.skanova.net (av12-2-sn2.hy.skanova.net [81.228.8.186]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A48B78FC19 for ; Tue, 23 Dec 2008 13:42:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from 240olofsson@telia.com) Received: by av12-2-sn2.hy.skanova.net (Postfix, from userid 502) id 3D00337F6E; Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:42:50 +0100 (CET) Received: from smtp4-2-sn2.hy.skanova.net (smtp4-2-sn2.hy.skanova.net [81.228.8.93]) by av12-2-sn2.hy.skanova.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0FB8837E48; Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:42:50 +0100 (CET) Received: from [192.168.1.31] (90-227-65-237-no41.tbcn.telia.com [90.227.65.237]) by smtp4-2-sn2.hy.skanova.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1F6337E48; Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:42:49 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <4950EAD1.6070802@telia.com> Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:42:41 +0100 From: Roger Olofsson <240olofsson@telia.com> User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 (Windows/20081105) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Corey Chandler References: <560f92640812221349y683a7cbhce8ae0f22a8bedf0@mail.gmail.com> <4950245D.5090006@telia.com> <49502764.10405@sequestered.net> <560f92640812221631l777631eaga00687a7e3dafe77@mail.gmail.com> <49503F7D.8060805@sequestered.net> In-Reply-To: <49503F7D.8060805@sequestered.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Nerius Landys Subject: Re: Wireless router? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: raggen@raggens.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 13:42:52 -0000 Corey Chandler skrev: > Nerius Landys wrote: >> Thank you all for your suggestions. This will be a project for me >> over the holidays. I decided to go the standalone wireless router >> approach. > Good man! >> I will need to figure out how to configure my standalone >> wireless router to "pass everything through" to the internal LAN that >> I already have. > It's called "Bridge mode" on most APs-- it does exactly what you > describe. Just make sure things like "DHCP server" are turned off or > you'll see some... odd breakages. >> Also I don't know too much about security, like how >> to prevent eavesdroppers from connecting to my internal network. One >> of you mentioned access lists, and I assume that means I tell the >> wireless router which MAC addresses it accepts, and nothing else. > Ugh. MAC addresses are trivial to spoof-- I usually don't bother with > using them for security, although I do use 'em to ensure that particular > machines always inherit particular addresses. > >> Is there any other way to provide security? Like a password-protected >> network? What are the buzzwords for these security schemes? Which >> security scheme do you recommend for preventing random people within >> proximity from connecting to my internal netowrk? >> > > Absolutely. Google for WPA or WPA2; WEP has been broken and is trivial > to bruteforce, so I'd not bother with that. > > Once you get the unit in, feel free to email me off list for > configuration questions; it sounds like a fun project! > > -- CJC > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.0/1861 - Release Date: 2008-12-22 11:23 > Hello Corey, I don't use 'bridge mode'. I set a normal LAN ip for the wifi router - as well as ips to the FreeBSD gateway and dns. This is for the LAN part of the router - then another internal LAN ip for the wifi part. To examplify. Wifi router LAN part - ip 192.168.0.20, gateway 192.168.0.1, dns 192.168.0.10 and 192.168.0.11. Wifi wifi part - network 10.0.0.1 - 10.0.0.10. MAC addresses are indeed trivial to spoof - but if combined with a wifi encryption key/passphrase it adds to security. Greetings /Roger