From owner-freebsd-stable Sun Sep 3 22: 8: 3 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from whistle.com (s205m131.whistle.com [207.76.205.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8EE5A37B423 for ; Sun, 3 Sep 2000 22:08:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from smap@localhost) by whistle.com (8.10.0/8.10.0) id e844uNP12678; Sun, 3 Sep 2000 21:56:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pau-amma.whistle.com( 207.76.205.64) by whistle.com via smap (V2.0) id xma012676; Sun, 3 Sep 2000 21:55:57 -0700 Received: (from dhw@localhost) by pau-amma.whistle.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id VAA93396; Sun, 3 Sep 2000 21:55:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dhw) Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2000 21:55:57 -0700 (PDT) From: David Wolfskill Message-Id: <200009040455.VAA93396@pau-amma.whistle.com> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, manek@ecst.csuchico.edu Subject: Re: affordable wireless In-Reply-To: Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >From: "Sameer R. Manek" >Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2000 20:07:38 -0700 >Does anyone have any suggestions on how to have 802.11 wireless for home >users? Naturally it should be supported by FreeBSD. Configuruation can be >done on any pc os though. >My only affordable solution so far is to use the Apple AirPort base station, >and wavelan pcmcia cards, but I don't know if they can co-exist, and the >AirPort needs a Macintosh to configure. My idea of affordable for this is >less then $500, the lucent wavelan solution works out to about $900 startup, >that's a little out of my budget. I'm typing this note while I'm at home (no matter where the xterm process is running, it's being displayed on a laptop at home); the laptop in question is connected via a Cisco/Aironet card, and the access point is an Apple Airport. Weaknesses so far are configuring the Airport (it was configured for me, by someone who has access to the requisite software) and the lack (from what I hear) of 129-bit encryption support. The Aironet cards were US$167 each from pcwonders.com. Hope that's of some use, david -- David Wolfskill dhw@whistle.com UNIX System Administrator Desk: 650/577-7158 TIE: 8/499-7158 Cell: 650/759-0823 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message