From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 23 16:34:04 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E75C61065671 for ; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:34:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brix@FreeBSD.org) Received: from solow.pil.dk (relay.pil.dk [195.41.47.164]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B60A18FC13 for ; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:34:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brix@FreeBSD.org) Received: from tirith.brixandersen.dk (0x55534f5f.adsl.cybercity.dk [85.83.79.95]) by solow.pil.dk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 563D31CC0E4 for ; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:18:13 +0200 (CEST) Received: by tirith.brixandersen.dk (Postfix, from userid 1001) id A2BC111439; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:18:12 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:18:12 +0200 From: Henrik Brix Andersen To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080723161812.GD84088@tirith.brixandersen.dk> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="d8Lz2Tf5e5STOWUP" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-PGP-Key: http://www.brixandersen.dk/files/HenrikBrixAndersen.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Subject: Re: Wireless access points: consumer, commercial, or DIY? X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:34:05 -0000 --d8Lz2Tf5e5STOWUP Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 10:32:07AM -0500, Doug Poland wrote: > I want reliable wireless in my home. So what do I need to do, to get it? > I'm not convinced there's a low-cost solution. If I have to go up to > commercial quality and spend near $500, I could build my own Soekris > net5501-based WAP and use FreeBSD 7.x. for $100 less. >=20 > What are your thoughts, experiences, and/or recommendations? I too have seen the stability problems with Linksys WRT54G and friends. At home, I use a Soekris net4801 with an atheros-based 802.11g miniPCI card and FreeBSD 7-STABLE (nanobsd) with hostapd(8) configured for WPA2-PSK CCMP. I use a few different STAs on a daily basis - a couple of laptops running FreeBSD, a laptop running Windows XP and and iPhone. None of these have seen any stability issues with my FreeBSD/hostapd based AP for the past couple of years (although I had to adjust a few ath(4) parameters back when I initially configured my AP to make it work flawlessly with Windows XP). All-in-all, I can highly recommend FreeBSD as a homebrew AP platform. Brix --=20 Henrik Brix Andersen --d8Lz2Tf5e5STOWUP Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (FreeBSD) Comment: GnuPG signed iEYEARECAAYFAkiHWcMACgkQv+Q4flTiePgiQgCglmY+ACZRAqBEjUr8aD3u5F0/ 4qUAn1aVTeKtTYeh7iYtSUXziM0hoqQV =UQOv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --d8Lz2Tf5e5STOWUP--