From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 10 02:49:32 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D55C937B401; Sun, 10 Aug 2003 02:49:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mailbox.univie.ac.at (mail.univie.ac.at [131.130.1.27]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E27643F75; Sun, 10 Aug 2003 02:49:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from l.ertl@univie.ac.at) Received: from dialin202.cc.univie.ac.at (dialin202.cc.univie.ac.at [131.130.202.202]) by mailbox.univie.ac.at (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h7A9nCO7032990; Sun, 10 Aug 2003 11:49:20 +0200 Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2003 11:48:59 +0200 (CEST) From: Lukas Ertl To: "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" In-Reply-To: <20030810084615.GF83425@wantadilla.lemis.com> Message-ID: <20030810114407.Y617@korben.in.tern> References: <20030810084615.GF83425@wantadilla.lemis.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-DCC-ZID-Univie-Metrics: unet 4261; Body=2 Fuz1=2 Fuz2=2 cc: FreeBSD mobile Mailing List Subject: Re: 802.11b/802.11g access points X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2003 09:49:33 -0000 On Sun, 10 Aug 2003, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > I'm looking for a couple of access points for my house. Since it's a > new installation, they should be able to do both 802.11b and 802.11g, > and they should be able to do transparent bridging. I don't know if > the latter requirement limits things. It would also be nice to be > able to configure them without Microsoft. > > Any recommendations? I'm using a Netgear WG602 (or is it WAG602? can't remember the exact model...). I'm using it only in g mode, but it should do b just fine. Configuration can be done via web browser. The only thing I miss on it is that I can't disable SSID broadcast, but apart from that it's running fine. regards, le -- Lukas Ertl eMail: l.ertl@univie.ac.at UNIX Systemadministrator Tel.: (+43 1) 4277-14073 Vienna University Computer Center Fax.: (+43 1) 4277-9140 University of Vienna http://mailbox.univie.ac.at/~le/