Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2011 13:05:02 -0700 From: Paul Beard <paulbeard@gmail.com> To: Bill Tillman <btillman99@yahoo.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD. ORG" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Closed [was Re: wireless access point in FreeBSD 8.2p2] Message-ID: <D027352E-C7A6-4ADB-AF01-C7CFF3537619@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1314560326.55735.YahooMailNeo@web36504.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <51754C95-3688-4B33-BD98-7DED5F28DC0E@gmail.com> <4E59BA7F.305@cyberleo.net> <A0F8C91A-97A5-45DF-9281-2E92A2718B8E@gmail.com> <4E5A4AEF.7050104@cyberleo.net> <6A3818F5-BF6D-4FEA-9B07-44E9C0F72438@gmail.com> <1314560326.55735.YahooMailNeo@web36504.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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On Aug 28, 2011, at 12:38 PM, Bill Tillman wrote: > I did this to have the experience with it and to have a backup to my = Netgear wireless router. The trouble was the Netgear wireless AP device = works so well and is plenty fast, unlike what I was getting with my = FreeBSD server. The Netgear device has been working 24/7 for almost 2 = years now so I just gave up on the FreeBSD option. I think you sold me on the futility of this exercise. My Linksys has = been in service longer than that, 5 years at least.=20 Maybe one of the micro-flavors of FreeBSD or NetBSD might be better = suited to this, on a low-powered disused hardware platform. It doesn't = seem reliable enough to spend any more time on. If I could make it work, = I could like to compare what it took to the various approaches I have = read (including in the Handbook which is usually very dependable: I used = it earlier today to refresh my memory on adding a swapfile).=20 I'm calling it closed for now. Better use of my time to just find a = backup AP.=20 -- Paul Beard Are you trying to win an argument or solve a problem?=20
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