Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:48:47 -0800 From: Nerius Landys <nlandys@gmail.com> To: mailinglist <mailinglist@ucwv.edu> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Replacing Home Router With PC Message-ID: <560f92641003102248x177f52c1s1cd581ec48e5172f@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <93C575B79E9B01449EBBB084032BC570123208B760@mail.ucwv.edu> References: <93C575B79E9B01449EBBB084032BC570123208B760@mail.ucwv.edu>
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> I've got an old Linksys router hanging off of my cable modem that is seve=
ral years old and is about to die (very poor wireless throughput should be =
54 mb and is 2, runs hot, and "buzzes" while turned on). =A0I've got an old=
er PC that would great as a router....however I also need it to be a wirele=
ss access point for my house. =A0It has a PCI wireless network card (A 54G =
Belkin, not sure of the exact model). =A0I know FreeBSD is technically capa=
ble for acting as my DHCP, DNS, router, gateway box if properly configured.=
=A0The question is, can it use that wireless card to act as a access point=
instead of a client (how the card is intended to be used)?
>
> Also, any links anyone can provide on how to setup a FreeBSD box to act a=
s home router/gateway would be much appreciated!
I too am using an old PC as my home router. I have an ath-based
("ath" is the driver) wireless card which is acting as a host access
point. Then I have about 4 ethernet ports, but I'm only using 2. One
of those is a gigabit card, and most of my home computer collection is
on a gigabit LAN.
Just look in the Handbook I guess. Once you have it all set up it's
very rewarding. I'll never go back to having a purpose-built router
device for my home.
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