FreeBSD6.2 DIY wireless AP?

[Kris Maglione]

On Fri, Feb 02, 2007 at 09:07:52PM +0100, Roger Olofsson wrote:
>First question, will a Fujitsu USB D1075 wireless nic work for this purpose?
>
>Second question, any pointers to how to make this small project happen 
>would be appreciated. I've googled and found some but I like to read up 
>on different ideas before I decide where to go. I would prefer to use 
>ipfilter since I've been using that beast for quite some years now, but 
>I might as well take a closer look at pf if recommended enough.

If I recall correctly, only cards using the PRISM chipset support access 
point mode. You might have a look at the m0n0wall project: 
http://m0n0.ch/wall/

It's a FreeBSD based firewall that's designed to work like an appliance 
and works very well with low-power, flash-based PCs. Soekris 
(soekris.com) makes several mini-computers with PCMCIA slots that will 
accept most wireless cards and run well on m0n0wall.