WiFi Nintendo-DS and FreeBSD

[Andrew P.]

On 11/1/05, Dick Hoogendijk <dick at nagual.st> wrote:
> In november my DS goes WiFi (in Holland).
> Naturaly I want to play games that support this feature.
> (MarioKart-DS i.e.) at home ;-)
>
> The FreeBSD related question is:
> My main server runs 4.11-stable, some other machines run 5.4
>
> What do I have to do to give this DS wireless access to the net?
> What is the best approach?
>
> Only my main server is 24/7 connected (without a hardware router;-)
> Do I put a wireless card in this machine?
> Is this possible or do I have to upgrade FreeBSD to 6.0 to have WiFi?
>
> It's all new to me (this wireless stuff). All my machines are wired.
> So I can use some tips, reading points or suggestions from you.
>
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6.0 brings some major improvements in wireless
functionality, so you should really give it a thought.
AFAIK from /. TCP/IP is still to be implemented.
When/if it is, you should be able to put a WiFi
card into your FreeBSD box and set everything up.