Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 18:38:18 +0200 From: Peter Lavee <pbl@unidata.com.ua> To: Jeremy Chadwick <freebsd@jdc.parodius.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Reliable PCI wifi cards, and layer 7 filtering Message-ID: <AANLkTi=fStghe-KqxaoCNfCNGx9nAW0Oepj2eF%2Bq7C=h@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20110210155622.GA60117@icarus.home.lan> References: <20110210155622.GA60117@icarus.home.lan>
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2011/2/10 Jeremy Chadwick <freebsd@jdc.parodius.com> [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
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