From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Jun 6 8:39:22 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from cx175057-a.ocnsd1.sdca.home.com (cx175057-a.ocnsd1.sdca.home.com [24.13.23.40]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81AB437B401; Wed, 6 Jun 2001 08:39:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bri@sonicboom.org) Received: from brian (cx175057-b.ocnsd1.sdca.home.com [24.13.23.147]) by cx175057-a.ocnsd1.sdca.home.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id f56Fd1j07074; Wed, 6 Jun 2001 08:39:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bri@sonicboom.org) Message-ID: <01e901c0ee9e$66feec40$3324200a@sonicboom.org> From: "Brian" To: "David Wilson" , Cc: "FreeBSD Mailing List" References: Subject: Re: Wireless LAN Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 08:35:35 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I believe there is also a freebsd wireless list, u could get more info there perhaps. Brian ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Wilson" To: "Brian" Cc: "FreeBSD Mailing List" Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 8:32 AM Subject: RE: Wireless LAN > Hi Brian, > > Thanks for the guidance, I'm gonna have to maybe give the servers a skip > then. > Thanks to Alex & yourself for all the guidance, it's appreciated. > > > > > Regards > David Wilson > Technical Support Centre > The S.A Internet > 0860 100 869 > www.sai.co.za > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian [mailto:bri@sonicboom.org] > Sent: 06 June 2001 05:11 > To: alexus; David Wilson; InvictaNet Customer Support; Freebsd-ISP > Subject: Re: Wireless LAN > > > Oh I agree, I would not use it for servers, just for a laptop or 2, with > unknown mac blocking if I could. > > Brian > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "alexus" > To: "David Wilson" ; "InvictaNet Customer Support" > ; "Freebsd-ISP" > Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 8:08 AM > Subject: Re: Wireless LAN > > > > i am using wireless network for my laptops > > > > and i wouldn't recommend you to use it for servers.. > > its' not as much reliable as a cat 5 cables.. > > > > i have 11mbps i think it's the top for today's > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "David Wilson" > > To: "InvictaNet Customer Support" ; > "Freebsd-ISP" > > > > Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 6:42 AM > > Subject: RE: Wireless LAN > > > > > > > Hi Thanks for getting back to me, > > > > > > It gets rid of cabling issues etc. > > > Is there no way to run 100mb or 1gb over wireless ? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards > > > David Wilson > > > Technical Support Centre > > > The S.A Internet > > > 0860 100 869 > > > www.sai.co.za > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: InvictaNet Customer Support [mailto:support@invictanet.co.uk] > > > Sent: 06 June 2001 12:09 > > > To: Freebsd-ISP > > > Cc: David Wilson > > > Subject: RE: Wireless LAN > > > > > > > > > I may be wrong, but..... > > > AFAIK all (cost effective)wireless systems run at 10mbps max. Surely you > > > would be better off using a 100 or Gig cable based system? > > > > > > Martyn Routley > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > > InvictaNet - The Internet in Plain English, Guaranteed > > > http://www.invictanet.co.uk > > > info@invictanet.co.uk > > > phone: 08707 440180 > > > fax: 08707 440181 > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG > > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of David Wilson > > > Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 11:06 AM > > > To: FreeBSD Mailing List > > > Subject: Wireless LAN > > > > > > > > > Hi all, Howzit going ? > > > > > > > > > We are looking at moving our local LAN here and all our servers to a > > > wireless network, currently all our servers are on a shared 10MB Cat5 > > > network. > > > We currently have 18 servers that we need to move to a wireless > > arrangement. > > > What wireless products work the best with FreeBSD or Linux ? What > > > scalability do these wireless products have ? > > > > > > Thanks, any guidance would be greatly appreciated. > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards > > > David Wilson > > > Technical Support Centre > > > The S.A Internet > > > 0860 100 869 > > > www.sai.co.za > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message