Wireless AP FreeBSD 7.0

[Ted Mittelstaedt]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Sam Fourman Jr.
> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 12:02 AM
> To: Ted Mittelstaedt
> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List
> Subject: Re: Wireless AP FreeBSD 7.0
> 
> 
> >  you don't want to tarnish FreeBSD and Samba with a bad rap.
> >
> >  If you have a separate hardware AP it's a lot easier to convince
> >  them that the problem is inherent in the wireless networking
> >  itself, and has nothing to do with the server, when you can
> >  point to a separate box.
> >
> >  Ted
> >
> 
> Ted,
> 
> I very much agree with you, I just don't have much of a choice in 
> the matter
> I am a consultant (New to BSD's) and the client has a Ralink RT2661
> MIMO PCI card
> he has 5 wired computers via a linksys gigabit switch and 1
> notebook(with no wired nic)
> 

It will cost your client more in labor to have you build this
than buying a $40 access point.

Ted