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A [*nix] variety %%%

(http://www.freebsd.org/ The FreeBSD Project)



** [#supported_hardware Supported hardware]

*** [#access_points Access Points]

*** [#clients Clients]

*** [#cradles Cradles]

** [#installing_via_wireless_nic Installing via wireless NIC]

** [#useful_links Useful links]

** [#useful_software Useful software]

** [#helpful_articles_tutes Helpful articles/tutes]





FreeBSD is an advanced operating system for Intel ia32 compatible, DEC Alpha, and PC-98 architectures. It is derived from BSD UNIX, the version of UNIX developed at the University of California, Berkeley. It is developed and maintained by a large team of individuals. Additional platforms are in various stages of development.%%%



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!! Supported hardware



!!! Access Points



The only cards that are currently supported for BSS (as an access point) mode are devices based on the Prism 2, 2.5, or 3 chipsets. For a complete list, look at wi(4).



!!! Clients



Almost all 802.11b wireless cards are currently supported under FreeBSD. Most cards based on Prism, Spectrum24, Hermes, Aironet, and Raylink will work as a wireless network card in IBSS (ad-hoc, peer-to-peer, and BSS) mode.



!!! Cradles



The Ricoh RL5c475 cradles work happily with FreeBSD 4.7 and 5.0.



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!! Installing via wireless NIC

David plans to (http://freebsddiary.org/wireless-install.php incorporate this) into the install process for FreeBSD so that wireless installs are just another install option. w00t!



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!! Useful links



* (http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/bsd-wireless The BAWUG bsd-wireless mailing list)

* (http://www.freebsd.org/projects/newbies.html Resources for newbies)

* (http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html The FreeBSD handbook)

* (http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/wireless.html The handbook's wireless section)

* (http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/index.html The FreeBSD FAQ)



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!! Useful software



* (http://www.dachb0den.com/projects/bsd-airtools.html bsd-airtools)



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!! Helpful articles/tutes



* (http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2001/04/05/Big_Scary_Daemons.html Wireless networking for BSD introduction)

* (http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2001/04/19/Big_Scary_Daemons.html Setting up wireless cards)

* (http://www.samag.com/documents/s=7121/sam0205a/sam0205a.htm Configuring a FreeBSD Access Point for your Wireless Network)

* (http://www.stevenfettig.com/article.php?sid=29 HOWTO: FreeBSD 4.6 Wireless AP)

* (http://draenor.org/securebsd/ A basic guide to securing FreeBSD)