Re: FreeBSD as Access Point

David Kulp writes:
| FWIW, I bought a Prism 2.5 (D-Link DWL-650) for a new FreeBSD 4.7-RC 
| Access Point.  I was hoping it would easily cover my small 900 sq ft house 
| even though I wanted to place the computer in a closet.  Unfortunately, due 
| to walls, the range is about 20 feet.  Even with line of sight outdoors 
| it didn't seem to come close to the 300 foot spec.  In addition, FreeBSD 
| I has panic'd three times and I'm ready for a dump if it happens again.  
| Of course at this point I don't know if the panics are related to the 
| wireless card. 

That doesn't seem right unless all of your wall have wire mesh in them.
We cover our 1100 square foot place with our server in a detached
grarage with a stock antenna on an Aironet PCI card (not Prism so 
you can't do host AP on them).  The signal did get a little weak on
the further point in the house so I put an Aironet 5.2db antenna on it
to boost the range.  Now we get solid coverage all around our 11,000
square foot lot.

BTW sending messages formated in 80 cols it much nicer.

Doug A.
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