Re: Orinoco RG-1000

I don't recommend them. They're like the (1st gen) Apple Airport, but 
with some rather silly firmware restrictions -- you can't change the 
network name and such.

You'd do much better to get a Prism II PCI card (available from various 
manufacturers, including NetGear, Linksys, USR, SMC) and put it in a 
FreeBSD machine and use the HostAP functionality. You'd be able to set 
up your own firewall and/or NAT and/or file service and/or IPv6 gateway 
and/or whatever.

Warren Block wrote:
> There may be one of these "residential gateways" available to me at a
> low price.  Any thoughts on using it as an access point with FreeBSD
> 4.6?  I don't need the modem, don't need NAT, just thought it would be
> fun to play with wireless on my LAN.  It looks like this would do the
> job.
> 
> Also: thoughts on 16-bit PCCards to use with it?  Maybe the $35 Proxim
> from JustDeals?
> 
> -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
> 
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