Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 09:57:51 -0400 From: Jason Andresen <jandrese@mitre.org> To: Paul Thornton <prt@prt.org> Cc: Nick Sayer <nsayer@quack.kfu.com>, nexus@fileseeker.net, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wireless base stations Message-ID: <3B4B09DF.23F87787@mitre.org> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0107101440420.39282-100000@avalon.whirlygig.co.uk>
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Paul Thornton wrote: > > On Tue, 10 Jul 2001, Nick Sayer wrote: > > > The AirPort should really have been on the original list of options. So far > > as I am aware, however, it is an expensive choice -- they still sell at > > Fry's for $299, last I checked. Also, configuring them is only supported > > with MacOS tools (note that as usual, "supported" != "possible" -- see the > > net/airport port). > > There are various free config tools available. I used the generic linux > Orinoco one on a FBSD-4.2 system a week or so back to configure the AirPort > and it has worked fine ever since - its similar enough to the Lucent APs for > this to work. > > The cli config app is available at: > http://www.orinocowireless.com/template.html?section=m52&envelope=90&page=2763 Although it isn't supported either, Windows users can use a client called Freebase. http://freebase.sourceforge.net/ Really, if you don't need a 56k modem, a DHCP server, or NAT on the basestation you don't really need an Airport. There are several other (cheaper!) alternatives mentioned earlier in this article. -- \ |_ _|__ __|_ \ __| Jason Andresen jandrese@mitre.org |\/ | | | / _| Network and Distributed Systems Engineer _| _|___| _| _|_\___| Office: 703-883-7755 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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