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On Sun, 26 Sep 2004 12:54:20 -0700, Brian Watters <brwatters at abs dash internet dot com> wrote: > > Chris, > > Yes they all support USB v2 .. So I am thinking if I can come up with a > supported Wireless PCI NIC and a good USB v2 Ethernet NIC I will be good to > go?? > The Linksys WUSB12 uses the Prism chipset and should be supported by the wi driver which is included in m0n0wall. I wouldn't use that as an access point though, without a good antenna the range would be horrible. (5 feet maybe, without a big antenna on the other end). I'm not aware of any USB adapter that supports an antenna. The D-Link DUBE100, Linksys USB200M, Netgear FA120, amongst other USB 2.0 10/100 ethernet cards are supported in FreeBSD under the axe driver, but that's only found in FreeBSD 5.x and m0n0wall is on 4.10. I'm not aware of any USB 2.0 NIC's that have a different chipset that would be supported. The older Linksys USB NIC's are supported, but are only USB 1.1, and would be way too slow for serious production use. Even the new Linksys USB100M USB 1.1 NIC isn't supported until FreeBSD 5.x. You'll have to pick up one of the older Linksys models on ebay or somewhere. Here is one I know will work with FreeBSD, but it's slow (500 KB/sec tops, ~3 ms latency on LAN connection where a NIC is less than 0.5 ms). http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=45002&item=5722488278&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW (disclaimer: not affiliated with seller in any way - just the first one I found) I have a card exactly like that one and have used it on FreeBSD in the past with drivers included in m0n0wall - never on m0n0wall specifically, though it shouldn't matter. So I guess my answer is there isn't a good answer at this point, other than a multiple miniPCI -> PCI adapter. Using a multi-port PCI NIC like the Intel quad ports and an external AP would be the best solution. When m0n0wall is moved to FreeBSD 5.x (don't ask when, search the list archives for Manuel's explanation), then it will likely be feasible to use one of the USB 2.0 NIC's and a PCI wireless card. -Chris |