From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 10 16:38:21 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 176D010656CB for ; Thu, 10 Feb 2011 16:38:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from batcilla@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yw0-f54.google.com (mail-yw0-f54.google.com [209.85.213.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C41FF8FC1C for ; Thu, 10 Feb 2011 16:38:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ywl2 with SMTP id 2so684063ywl.13 for ; Thu, 10 Feb 2011 08:38:20 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=+Si6mLTSwNQdMHf823Zy2bKKZVx9zf/+p4IP5Y2d1dE=; b=leMkI9V8O4b5JvqOKu6ni1Hta1xuLGpAcI8yS0gqwpRNDrPMBWmPF27Dny92Tj11lZ ybJM0YU2AVWAEeioivBI7Us8A6Dg5vApoGlRYNAFzl9biHe4cjMRY5FHj7MKWNPipkRS Ypsz8BJQgP/5qok+uHmXapkh5Qb1EVgmL1chA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; b=o/L9IZioaSNNun+IlMu8QA7t6FRPH2LZIkKDUgz9gGrNuXSUXSzjo3hJS44EJncIup W1YDiy9GgYUdAcK21kgCDrYRVDISWri+fZ7O+m3/Q4uTDj2ByaRIpzg1CejEFMmZe8Ko L9Hz5HCMDI3erKpaSm2NRR6lsUvhC7YKeWgg8= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.224.212 with SMTP id ip20mr16072600qcb.237.1297355898802; Thu, 10 Feb 2011 08:38:18 -0800 (PST) Sender: batcilla@gmail.com Received: by 10.229.220.198 with HTTP; Thu, 10 Feb 2011 08:38:18 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20110210155622.GA60117@icarus.home.lan> References: <20110210155622.GA60117@icarus.home.lan> Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 18:38:18 +0200 X-Google-Sender-Auth: dRswkdsTsOcx3ZQoDOQWVdLYY5s Message-ID: From: Peter Lavee To: Jeremy Chadwick Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Reliable PCI wifi cards, and layer 7 filtering X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 16:38:21 -0000 2011/2/10 Jeremy Chadwick [skip...] > I plan on using pf for the NAT and firewall layer. ipfw will not be > used (I have long since moved away from it). I've got solutions for > everything except two items: > > 1) Wireless hardware support > - What consumer PCI cards are known to be reliable and have good > support on FreeBSD? > [skip..] I' suggest to use PCI-mPCI adaptor and Wistron Neweb Atheros based cards. It is good for an AP. Use together with FreeBSD 8.1 or later. 2) Layer 7 filtering > > [skip...] I suppose you can use pf+squid as transparent filtering proxy ? I believe not much changed since that post: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-pf/2005-August/001450.html Item #2 above seems to be the kicker. Is there anything in the works > regarding such a capability? I'd be more than happy to test out code or > whatever. > > //batcilla