a33d What is the hardware required to make a Mesh Network with FreeBSD? - The FreeBSD Forums
The FreeBSD Forums  

Go Back   The FreeBSD Forums > Server & Networking > Web & Network Services
Reload this Page What is the hardware required to make a Mesh Network with FreeBSD?
Register FAQ Calendar Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read

Web & Network Services Discussion related to network/web services such as apache, bind, sendmail, etc.

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old September 5th, 2012, 02:05
rsartori rsartori is offline
Junior Member
  
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 2
Thanks: 1
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Default What is the hardware required to make a Mesh Network with FreeBSD?
Hello,

I have a laptop with FreeBSD, can i make a Mesh Network with the following hardware?

Hardware - Laptops with:
Wireless interface Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG (onboard) - driver: iwl3945 and USB Wireless interface Edimax EW 7318USG - driver: rt73usb

Regards,
Rafael
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old September 5th, 2012, 08:01
SirDice's Avatar
SirDice SirDice is offline
Moderator
  
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands
Posts: 13,712
Thanks: 47
Thanked 2,022 Times in 1,861 Posts
Default
Quote:
ipw(4), iwi(4), iwn(4), wi(4) will never work as they do a lot of processing in firmware (including encaping/sending packets)
The other driver isn't mentioned so assume it doesn't work.

http://wiki.freebsd.org/WifiMesh
__________________
Senior UNIX Engineer at Unix Support Nederland
Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.
Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to SirDice For This Useful Post:
rsartori (September 7th, 2012)
  #3  
Old September 7th, 2012, 00:49
rsartori rsartori is offline
Junior Member
  
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 2
Thanks: 1
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Default
Ok, Thanks.

Rafael
Reply With Quote
Reply

Tags
hardware, mesh, needed, network, usb devices

« Previous Thread | Next Thread »
Thread Tools
Display Modes
Linear Mode Linear Mode

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
802.11s mesh issue mspenard Embedded 0 March 16th, 2012 16:11
802.11s mesh issue mspenard Networking 0 March 5th, 2012 15:39
802.11s Mesh Networking Mesh Networking 2 December 18th, 2011 21:00
[Solved] what minimum hardware required to install momo33 System Hardware 4 October 17th, 2011 19:40
mesh networks acao11 Networking 2 November 29th, 2010 13:41


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 19:28.

Contact Us - FreeBSD - Archive - Top

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2013, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
The mark FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation and is used by The FreeBSD Project with the permission of The FreeBSD Foundation.
Web protection and acceleration provided by CloudFlare
0