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The FreeBSD ProjectFreeBSD 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.
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.
Installing via wireless NIC
David plans toincorporate this into the install process for FreeBSD so that wireless installs are just another install option. w00t!Useful links
- The BAWUG bsd-wireless mailing list
- Resources for newbies
- The FreeBSD handbook
- The handbook's wireless section
- The FreeBSD FAQ
Useful software
Helpful articles/tutes
- Wireless networking for BSD introduction
- Setting up wireless cards
- Configuring a FreeBSD Access Point for your Wireless Network
- HOWTO: FreeBSD 4.6 Wireless AP
- A basic guide to securing FreeBSD
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