FYI, have a look at http://ii.net/~mpot/wireless/router.cgi for info on
getting RoamAbouts working with RedHat 7.3
Cheers,
Martin.
> Just thought I would put this recommendation out for all of you have are
pl
> aying with wireless gear and want to setup a *nix (Linux, Unix etc)
based o
> s. I would have to personally recommend FreeBSD. I had been playing
unsuc
> cessfully with Red Hat for about a year + now with nothing really to
show f
> or it. And after a recommendation from Andrew Dean(user on the MW list)
I
> had a look at FreeBSD. From there it was mostly downhill. You can set
it
> up relativly easy and there is full documentation on the basics that you
ca
> n download, and by full documentation I mean it is the electronic
version o
> f the manual they sell in shops worth about $80 and its free online.
>
> There is also a guide on how to setup wireless cards in an AP (they use
onr
> inocco's for the example) which is rather straight forward. I have even
fo
> und that compiling the Kernel is very easy and the syntax is fairly
clear f
> or the commands.
>
> It has X-Windows in it but I havnt touched it and thus cant make any
recomm
> endations about it. Below are a few links that people might find helpful
>
>
> FreeBSD Web Site:
>
> www.freebsd.org
>
> Good Austalian Download Site: (I can get 700kB/sec from here with optus
cab
> le :-) )
>
> http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/
>
> The FreeBSD Handbook
>
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html
>
> AP Setup Guide
>
> http://www.samag.com/documents/s=3D7121/sam0205a/sam0205a.htm
>
> Hope this helps someone out there and if you need any help email me and
I w
> ill see what I can do
>
> Matt.
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
> Hi All,
>
> Just thought I would put this
recommendati
> on out
> for all of you have are playing with wireless gear and want to setup a
*nix
>
> (Linux, Unix etc) based os. I would have to personally recommend
> FreeBSD. I had been playing unsuccessfully with Red Hat for about a y
> ear +
> now with nothing really to show for it. And after a recommendation fr
> om
> Andrew Dean(user on the MW list) I had a look at FreeBSD. From t
> here
> it was mostly downhill. You can set it up relativly easy and there is
> full
> documentation on the basics that you can download, and by full
documentatio
> n I
> mean it is the electronic version of the manual they sell in shops worth
ab
> out
> $80 and its free online.
>
> There is also a guide on how to setup
wire
> less
> cards in an AP (they use onrinocco's for the example) which is rather
>
> straight forward. I have even found that compiling the Kernel is very
> easy
> and the syntax is fairly clear for the commands.
>
> It has X-Windows in it but I havnt
touched
> it and
> thus cant make any recommendations about it. Below are a few links th
> at
> people might find helpful
>
> FreeBSD Web Site:
>
>
>
> Good Austalian Download Site: (I can
get 7
> 00kB/sec
> from here with optus cable :-) )
>
>
>
> The FreeBSD Handbook
>
>
>
> AP Setup Guide
>
>
>
>
> Hope this helps someone out there and
if y
> ou need
> any help email me and I will see what I can do
>
> Matt.
>
>
>
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