Wes Peters wrote:
Andre Oppermann wrote:
Is there any supporting Access Point functionality, eg. using the
freebsd server as AP?
There's no special support for it, but it's just another interface. If
you run it (and your other 802.11 devices) in ad-hoc mode, everything should
work
Nick Sayer wrote:
Wes Peters wrote:
Andre Oppermann wrote:
Is there any supporting Access Point functionality, eg. using the
freebsd server as AP?
There's no special support for it, but it's just another interface. If
you run it (and your other 802.11 devices) in ad-hoc
Actually, I need to create a local wireless backbone between 8 seperate
buildings in a small campus area that will share an sdsl internet connection
through our freebsd server. The new intel pro wireless 2100 seems to address
all of our issues, at least according to the intel webpage. :-) They
Doug Ambrisko writes:
BTW I saw ADDTRON http://www.addtron.com/ has a base station for around
$220 that can do 128 bit encryption, has an antenna and is Web administered.
I haven't used it but it looks interesting.
I've started playing with one of these. It seems to have the
interesting
Is there a list of wireless pc cards that work (and how well they work)
with FreeBSD??
JRS
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: Is there a list of wireless pc cards that work (and how well they work)
: with FreeBSD??
There's /etc/defaults/pccard.conf, which says breifly:
Aironet 340/342 Series 11Mbps 802.11 wireless NIC
Aironet PC4500 2Mbps
Is there any supporting Access Point functionality, eg. using the
freebsd server as AP?
Warner Losh wrote:
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: Is there a list of wireless pc cards that work (and how well they work)
: with FreeBSD??
There's
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: Is there any supporting Access Point functionality, eg. using the
: freebsd server as AP?
No. AP mode firmware is generally undocumented.
Warner
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On Sun, Dec 10, 2000 at 03:46:27PM -0700, Warner Losh wrote:
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: Is there a list of wireless pc cards that work (and how well they work)
: with FreeBSD??
There's /etc/defaults/pccard.conf, which says breifly:
Aironet 340/342
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: Is there a list of wireless pc cards that work (and how well they work)
: with FreeBSD??
There's /etc/defaults/pccard.conf, which says breifly:
...
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Is there a list of wireless pc cards that work (and how well they work)
with FreeBSD??
man -k 802.11 or man -k wireless should do it, but the man pages aren't
quite that organized.
All I can find grepping the 4.2 sources is Cisco/Aironet and Lucent WaveLAN/
Andre Oppermann wrote:
Is there any supporting Access Point functionality, eg. using the
freebsd server as AP?
There's no special support for it, but it's just another interface. If
you run it (and your other 802.11 devices) in ad-hoc mode, everything should
work peachy.
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Christopher Masto wrote:
On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 11:23:00PM -0700, Wes Peters wrote:
I am told that the Apple "AirPort Base Station", which is $399, works
well and can be configured with the Java-based thing in the ports
collection. I am further told that the Lucent/ORiNOCO RG-1000
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: If you're only 10 feet from the base, save several hundred dollars and buy
: a 4 meter patch cable.
:
: Thanks, that hadn't occurred to me.
It depends on the 10' :-)
My laptop roams between 3' and 75' of my closest outlet. Usually
There is also a new access point (either just available or "RSN") from
Zyxel (316); it is a combination of a 310 (cable modem/bridged DSL/PPPOE
router) and single-card bridged access point.
I'm using one at work (overkill since I'm not using the router) as a
bridged access point; it works just
Nick Sayer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Christopher Masto wrote:
I am told that the Apple "AirPort Base Station", which is $399, works
well and can be configured with the Java-based thing in the ports
collection. I am further told that the Lucent/ORiNOCO RG-1000 base
station is virtually
I wrote:
Also, there are other alternatives to the AirPort (which is closer
to $299 than $399). One is the Buffalo AirStation (around $280-$340,
I forgot to mention that the AirStation supposedly supports roaming
between access points. I haven't tried it, though.
--
On Fri, 8 Dec 2000, Darryl Okahata wrote:
I wrote:
Also, there are other alternatives to the AirPort (which is closer
to $299 than $399). One is the Buffalo AirStation (around $280-$340,
I forgot to mention that the AirStation supposedly supports roaming
between access
Christopher Masto wrote:
On Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 07:23:40PM -0800, Charlie Root wrote:
There is definately a trend to lower prices. I just found this. A
new intel Intel PRO/Wireless 2011 LAN access point and two pcmcia
cards for $699. The access point sounds interesting. I personally
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: worth the wait. If the plethora of 802.11b equipment at BSDCon 2k is
: any indication, interoperability should be pretty good.
YAMAMOTO shigeru-san's collection of wireless cards was proof of that
I think :-)
Warner
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On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 11:23:00PM -0700, Wes Peters wrote:
I am told that the Apple "AirPort Base Station", which is $399, works
well and can be configured with the Java-based thing in the ports
collection. I am further told that the Lucent/ORiNOCO RG-1000 base
station is virtually
Christopher Masto wrote:
On Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 07:23:40PM -0800, Charlie Root wrote:
There is definately a trend to lower prices. I just found this. A
new intel Intel PRO/Wireless 2011 LAN access point and two pcmcia
cards for $699. The access point sounds interesting. I personally
On Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 07:23:40PM -0800, Charlie Root wrote:
There is definately a trend to lower prices. I just found this. A
new intel Intel PRO/Wireless 2011 LAN access point and two pcmcia
cards for $699. The access point sounds interesting. I personally
would like to use it as a
There is definately a trend to lower prices. I just found this. A new intel Intel
PRO/Wireless 2011 LAN access point and two pcmcia cards for $699. The access point
sounds interesting. I personally would like to use it as a repeater and network
bridge.
On Tue, Dec 05, 2000 at 01:46:51PM -0700, Warner Losh wrote:
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Doug Ambrisko writes:
: BTW I saw ADDTRON http://www.addtron.com/ has a base station for around
: $220 that can do 128 bit encryption, has an antenna and is Web administered.
: I haven't used it but it
Warner Losh wrote:
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Doug Ambrisko writes:
: Well this is what I'm doing with the Aironet stuff. I have a script
: to flip between modes until it sync's up. I bought the PCMCIA ISA
: adapter for $25 from a local surplus place.
Does this mean that the an
Warner Losh wrote:
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wes Peters writes:
: Dell is selling a Lucent-OEMed card for $139. I don't know if it is a
: Silver or Gold, though.
http://www.comready.com/dlindwwirlan.html
is selling what appears to be a lucentOEM'd card for $119. It has
40-bit
Wes Peters writes:
| Warner Losh wrote:
|
| In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wes Peters writes:
| : Dell is selling a Lucent-OEMed card for $139. I don't know if it is a
| : Silver or Gold, though.
|
| http://www.comready.com/dlindwwirlan.html
|
| is selling what appears to be a
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Doug Ambrisko writes:
: Well this is what I'm doing with the Aironet stuff. I have a script
: to flip between modes until it sync's up. I bought the PCMCIA ISA
: adapter for $25 from a local surplus place.
Does this mean that the an driver can operate in "base
Warner Losh writes:
| In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Doug Ambrisko writes:
| : Well this is what I'm doing with the Aironet stuff. I have a script
| : to flip between modes until it sync's up. I bought the PCMCIA ISA
| : adapter for $25 from a local surplus place.
|
| Does this mean that the an
Thus spoke Warner Losh:
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] John Baldwin writes:
: I'm sending this e-mail over a WaveLAN Gold, and from my
: understanding the Orinoco card is the same card with a different
: name and a different sticker, so it should work fine.
I'm doing the same thing. It is
Sascha Luck wrote:
Thus spoke Warner Losh:
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] John Baldwin writes:
: I'm sending this e-mail over a WaveLAN Gold, and from my
: understanding the Orinoco card is the same card with a different
: name and a different sticker, so it should work fine.
I'm
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wes Peters writes:
: Dell is selling a Lucent-OEMed card for $139. I don't know if it is a
: Silver or Gold, though.
http://www.comready.com/dlindwwirlan.html
is selling what appears to be a lucentOEM'd card for $119. It has
40-bit WEP, so I don't know what metal
On Mon, 04 Dec 2000, Warner Losh wrote:
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wes Peters writes:
Dell is selling a Lucent-OEMed card for $139. I don't know if it is a
Silver or Gold, though.
http://www.comready.com/dlindwwirlan.html
is selling what appears to be a lucentOEM'd card for $119.
On 04-Dec-00 Warner Losh wrote:
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wes Peters writes:
: Dell is selling a Lucent-OEMed card for $139. I don't know if it is a
: Silver or Gold, though.
http://www.comready.com/dlindwwirlan.html
is selling what appears to be a lucentOEM'd card for $119. It has
John Baldwin wrote:
[...]
0 == bronze
40 == silver
128 == gold
FWIW, it is more correct to say either
0 == bronze
40 == silver
104 == gold
or
0 == bronze
64 == silver
128 == gold
WEP has a 24 bit sequence number that perturbs the encryption. The fact
that 24 bit sequence numbers can
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sascha Luck writes:
: has anyone got the Lucent Orinoco Gold (11MBit/s) PC-Card working
: with the wi driver in -CURRENT?
Yes. I'm running one right now.
Warner
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In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] John Baldwin writes:
: I'm sending this e-mail over a WaveLAN Gold, and from my
: understanding the Orinoco card is the same card with a different
: name and a different sticker, so it should work fine.
I'm doing the same thing. It is the same card with a different
Hi,
has anyone got the Lucent Orinoco Gold (11MBit/s) PC-Card working
with the wi driver in -CURRENT?
I know the Silver and Bronze cards work, but I'm thinking of buying
the Gold for the 128 bit encryption...
Cheers,
Sascha
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On Wed, Nov 29, 2000 at 05:59:03PM +, Sascha Luck wrote:
has anyone got the Lucent Orinoco Gold (11MBit/s) PC-Card working
with the wi driver in -CURRENT?
They work fine.
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On 29-Nov-00 Sascha Luck wrote:
Hi,
has anyone got the Lucent Orinoco Gold (11MBit/s) PC-Card working
with the wi driver in -CURRENT?
I know the Silver and Bronze cards work, but I'm thinking of buying
the Gold for the 128 bit encryption...
Cheers,
Sascha
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