From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 11 07:59:06 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD979106564A for ; Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:59:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from axelbsd@ymail.com) Received: from n22.bullet.mail.ukl.yahoo.com (n22.bullet.mail.ukl.yahoo.com [87.248.110.139]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 195D38FC1B for ; Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:59:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [217.146.182.179] by n22.bullet.mail.ukl.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 11 Mar 2010 07:59:05 -0000 Received: from [87.248.110.52] by t5.bullet.ukl.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 11 Mar 2010 07:59:05 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp104.mail.ukl.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 11 Mar 2010 07:59:05 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 273449.1519.bm@omp104.mail.ukl.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 78608 invoked by uid 60001); 11 Mar 2010 07:59:05 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ymail.com; s=s1024; t=1268294345; bh=J5Bb2hlK+78XoeiF3PIg/ku/mS3PLiD3YrNw2T5S/Fo=; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=Omvv25ewpg2MlHKzYGsedIbji7fPBvGEFygwBAZlGylE49ZtGDwEBitAkJUwgxXEfz8uNGzNeyMMI8IxaAKbcWeDGzYn+6it5/JHBV5vOgoEokpiF8MmB4WG6QvTA1t+sn7oh/M5PoCk/JHlyVLW1GfQMkWBHY26IA7laiA/a48= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=ymail.com; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=jvwcqVtkI+hjmyYJYmrL3z4a+mRkANwN+uNxJTwhqOYsiyu2TX56EdFqX+izPF0Ha/FG/w6A2WrTB5VGMQ5eFKuaV4VkK5RO8fTf7iEv2758UEqWGscQxEUrWCbaGfRCR+ZQ+icPTdPFuy3PTNLaj9m0Q9GVpYpKKlLQ6LIkz3Y=; Message-ID: <131271.77828.qm@web24819.mail.ird.yahoo.com> X-YMail-OSG: a.bU878VM1ksVCZG1Xjp5JrygJkW2BgtsQxnltsZt1a9pN_ kqpLadJRcshf.JdA0xddwD5u3jIlWUcqs09CmzSvcK7jiwAAUYmuzuU8EBgx PzGflW7ztPtYWt.pZ1e80zzIUIGfHhaVNNsSpdS9_OyTyvy93nmkn2SYKeY0 lwRJH.yvf1REzr0gjhzzUXmCrMsOCimldg6z0TSFX977Jc.7LP5qo5fwN0Sv iolDe6hDWa4HhICD2A.m6VViLRY5t6SAyQw-- Received: from [192.196.142.20] by web24819.mail.ird.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:59:05 PST X-Mailer: YahooMailClassic/9.2.12 YahooMailWebService/0.8.100.260964 Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:59:05 -0800 (PST) From: "Alexandre L." To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" , mailinglist In-Reply-To: <93C575B79E9B01449EBBB084032BC570123208B760@mail.ucwv.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Subject: Re : Replacing Home Router With PC X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:59:06 -0000 You can use pfSense : =0ApfSense is a free, open source customized distribu= tion of FreeBSD tailored for use as a firewall and router.=0Ahttp://www.pfs= ense.org/=0ApfSense is very simple and intuitive to use with is GUI in PHP.= =0A=0A--- En date de=A0: Jeu 11.3.10, mailinglist a= =E9crit=A0:=0A=0A> De: mailinglist =0A> Objet: Repla= cing Home Router With PC=0A> =C0: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" =0A> Date: Jeudi 11 mars 2010, 1h36=0A> I've got an o= ld Linksys router=0A> hanging off of my cable modem that is several years o= ld and=0A> is about to die (very poor wireless throughput should be 54=0A> = mb and is 2, runs hot, and "buzzes" while turned on).=A0=0A> I've got an ol= der PC that would great as a router....however=0A> I also need it to be a w= ireless access point for my=0A> house.=A0 It has a PCI wireless network car= d (A 54G=0A> Belkin, not sure of the exact model).=A0 I know FreeBSD=0A> is= technically capable for acting as my DHCP, DNS, router,=0A> gateway box if= properly configured.=A0 The question is,=0A> can it use that wireless card= to act as a access point=0A> instead of a client (how the card is intended= to be used)?=0A> =0A> Also, any links anyone can provide on how to setup a= =0A> FreeBSD box to act as home router/gateway would be much=0A> appreciate= d!=0A> =0A> _______________________________________________=0A> freebsd-que= stions@freebsd.org=0A> mailing list=0A> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/li= stinfo/freebsd-questions=0A> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ques= tions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"=0A> =0A=0A=0A