Best wireless gear? Any suggestins?

[Ingrid Kast Fuller]

Michael/Miles...   When I was looking for a wireless PCMCIA card I went with
this brand, works great with FreeBSD.  They do have a PCI card version, I
would check out the  2nd link, check the capability and see if it would work
for you.  I love my Orinoco card for my laptop.  I bought the card at CDW!

http://www.proxim.com/products/wifi/client/goldpccard/index.html (my Pcmcia
card)

http://www.proxim.com/products/wifi/client/11abgpci/index.html  (the pci
card version)

Good Luck!

Ingrid Kast Fuller
CityScope Net   713-477-6161
http://www.cityscope.net


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-freebsd-hardware at freebsd.org
[mailto:owner-freebsd-hardware at freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Michael J.
Pelletier
Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2004 10:18 PM
To: Miles Lubin
Cc: freebsd-hardware at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Best wireless gear? Any suggestins?

I am thinking about Cisco for the Wirless Vendor. I saw that FreeBSD
supports a Cisco card in "B". The newer cards do A/B/G...

Proabably Cisco....

Quoting Miles Lubin <miles at lubin.us>:

> Hey,
> 	I just read your question about wireless gear, and I believe I need 
> the same thing as you. I need a 802.11(prefarably g but b is ok) PCI 
> NIC for my FreeBSD server to bridge to an ethernet network and a cable
modem.
> What did you end up getting (just interested in what you got for the 
> FreeBSD server)? Were you sucessful? (This is directed at anyone in a 
> similar situation)
>
>> I have a quick question for you guys. I am thinking about a wireless 
>> solution. I do not need a wireless router really more of a wireless 
>> bridge setup. I will need to connect a laptop on the wireless network 
>> work as well a another wireless bridge (muliple rj45 ports on the 
>> wireless bridge).
>>
>> My environment is as follows
>>
>> 1 FreeBSD firewall (4.9) with three interfaces
>>   1st interface goes to the cable modem (ISP access and firewalled)
>>   2nd interface goes to a bunch of Winblows Servers (2000 mostly) and 
>> FreeBSD servers
>>   3rd interface will be for the wireless network. This is the
>>   interface
>> that will connect to the wireless bridge.
>>
>> On the wireless network, I will need a wireless bridge that has 
>> muliple
>> rj45 interfaces (for my XBOX) and a seperate PCMCIA card for a 
>> laptop...
>>
>>
>> Any thought about the best wireless gear for this and FreeBSD?
>>
>> Michael
>
> Thanks,
> Miles



Thanks,
Michael

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