Best wireless gear? Any suggestins?

[Michael J. Pelletier]

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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