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On Tuesday, 16 September 2003 at 14:10:29 +0200, Hans Vledder wrote: > On Saturday, September 13, 2003 9:18 PM, Greg Lehey wrote: >> Last weekend I bought a couple of 802.11b/g wireless routers (AirLink, >> I think). These boxes contain an access point, a four-port Ethernet >> switch and an additional downlink Ethernet port. They're intended as >> cable or ADSL gateways, accessed by the downlink port. You can >> configure the downlink port to access the other networks by NAT or >> directly, and you can run a mini-firewall if you want. It can also >> function as a DHCP server. These boxes cost me $80 at Fry's, the same >> price as a basic 802.11b access point. >> >> This weekend I went back to Fry's looking for Atheros-based wireless >> cards. The cheapest I could find cost $100. >> >> Based on that, it's not clear why you would want to build an AP from a >> wireless card. > > Well, this to avoid having to deal with a 'swiss army knife' type of box, > just like the one you're describing. Nowadays these boxes have everything in > them, and the single thing that they apparently can't do is bake bread. I'd > like to put all I need between my local network and the wireless network > into a FreeBSD box. Even if it costs you significantly more? Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address and phone numbers
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