Question about online ath man page regarding access point

[Warren Block]

On Sat, 16 Nov 2013, Thomas Mueller wrote:

> I see in the man page for ath, and assume much would apply to other wireless adapters,
>
>     Create an 802.11g host-based access point:
>
>           ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev ath0 wlanmode hostap
>           ifconfig wlan0 inet 192.168.0.10 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid my_ap \
>                   mode 11g
>
>
> but would the access point, with wired connection, have or use the wireless adapter?

"hostap" is to make a FreeBSD system with a wireless card into a 
wireless router.

> Access point, if I understand correctly, would have a wired 
> connection, such as cable or DSL, and the other computer, with the 
> wireless adapter, would have the Atheros or other wireless adapter.

No, a router generally has at least two network interfaces.  A FreeBSD 
wireless router would have both wired and wireless interfaces.