On 9/7/06, John Tate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
OpenBSD Misc,
I am constantly disappointed with the lack of freedom out-of-the-box
wireless routers provide. I am interested in a solution on OpenBSD, because
I have used it for similar things and personally nothing else beats it.
There are other BSD and Linux based solutions that could probably provide
this functionality with ease however I also plan to use it for more than
just doing NAT routing and packet filtering (such as VPN, DNS, DHCP, and
probably Email).
What I want to know about is supported wireless hardware on OpenBSD. I am
aware there is a list, however this mostly lists chipsets which arn't really
mentioned on the box of most wireless equipment on the shelf I can buy. If
anyone knows a good, cost effective, and well supported device I would be
glad to here it.
Secondly, how good is the wireless support in general?
Well, I have an OpenBSD box with a PCI ral(4) based card (Edimax,
bought based on research and info from man page), to which I'm
connecting (DHCP, DNS, IPSec) from a laptop with Intel Pro Wireless
2100 (ipw(4)) on board. True, both cards are causing me problems every
once in a while (the damned intel keeps turning off, and ralink
doesn't like being switched between B and G modes, search the
archives), but things do work.
So, for supported cards, read the relevant man pages, there are listed
some cards having that chipset.
John.
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