IMHO, the best thing to do is use totally external wireless gear.

I have m0n0wall on a WRAP. The WRAP goes into an 8 port switch
for the few wired machines I have. I also have a D-Link DI-634M
MIMO router on the switch (as an AP) for wireless clients.
It's been rock solid and the performance is very good.


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Scott Myers" <scott at paperstreettech dot com>
> To: m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch
> Subject: [m0n0wall] Could use some advice as to where to go from here
> Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2006 12:55:17 -0500
> 
> 
> I wish I could recap all the info I have received over the last 
> month in regards to my issue with this running version of m0n0wall 
> and my current problem.  I will happily repost all the forum 
> conversations that have transpired thus far, but here is the guts 
> of it.
> 
> Soekris 4511 (2 eth ports, pcmcia and mini-pci slot)
> Mono 1.2
> I am basically using the m0n0wall as a firewall/router for a 
> network at a local restaurant. I need to be able to have a separate 
> LAN IP Subnet/ and or Interface for Public Traffic within the 
> network, as well as the Private LAN that the restaurant uses for 
> outbound and inbound traffic to it's business computers/ servers/ 
> etc.
> I would like to be able to have a simple blurb on a captive portal 
> page before public users log-on
> I have tried using a Senao Wireless card (listed as supporting 
> hostap mode) but it's performance is slightly less than useless, it 
> essentially drops packets and causes issues as a wireless ap
> 
> I am now considering using a PCMCIA card for an ethernet interface 
> and just attaching an AP to that separately, but it appears the BSD 
> 4.X based version of m0n0wall I use (1.2) doesn't support 32bit 
> card bus, (16 bit only, does this explain the abysmal performance 
> of the wireless card?)
> 
> SO my question is.. what's the "best case scenario" and come up 
> with in this situation? I have spent an extra couple hundred bucks 
> for the card and omni i have, so any way to do this without 
> throwing another couple hundred at it would be a plus.  Please, any 
> advice is appreciated, I'd like to get this resolved before it 
> turns sour.
> 
> Thanks in Advance
> 
> Scott
> 
> P.S. anyone interested in stats from previous issues/ config files 
> etc. email me and I'll repost them
> 
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