On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:06:35 -0400 John Nielsen <li...@jnielsen.net> wrote:
> On Jul 25, 2010, at 5:10 PM, Beach Geek wrote: > > > Looking for feedback from people using FreeBSD v8.x as access > > points. We will be using Pentium 3 boxes with 8-STABLE as APs. > > Each box will have a unique SSID and use WPA2-PSK. > > Each AP will be linked back to 2 gateways. > > > > I'm looking for AP card suggestions and any helpful hints as far as > > the APs. Looking for card models, not chipsets. > > > > Looking forward to hearing your experiences. > > I've been using a D-Link DWL-G520 PCI card in my FreeBSD access point > since at least 6.x. It sports an Atheros 5212 chip and uses the ath > driver. The card supports 802.11b/g as well as the "Turbo" 108Mbps > mode. > > My current setup is FreeBSD 8.1-PRERELEASE with two vap's. The first > is bridged with my LAN ethernet device and uses WPA-PSK. The second > is for guests and has no security. The latter is firewalled off from > the LAN and everything on the host except DNS. It's also > bandwidth-controlled using dummynet. > > This is a small network and rarely has more than 8 or so wireless > clients. > > A couple years ago I added a better external antenna (D-Link > ANT24-0700, still available) and saw a noticeable range increase. > > I've been wanting to upgrade to 802.11n but to my knowledge there is > still no rate algorithm so even supported cards will only operate at > "g" speeds. > > Aside from that I've had no complaints whatsoever with my FreeBSD AP. > > I very much doubt my specific card is still available new. I don't > have any experience with the newer card models but it's not unlikely > they still make a similar card. > They are available and not too expensive on ebay. http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=m570&_nkw=D-Link+DWL-G520&_sacat=See-All-Categories Cheers Robert _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
