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Connect Apple Airport client to OpenBSD gateway.

Contributed by Dengue on from the Fruit-and-Fish dept.

http://woz.gs/tim/macbsd/ writes :
"Here is a short write-up on how to get an Apple Airport client talking to an OpenBSD wireless gateway. http://woz.gs/tim/macbsd/ . "

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  1. By Henners () on

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    1. By Anonymous Coward () on

      WLAN is far too insecure without IPSEC. If I can't trust it to be secure on the wire, there's no way in hell I would trust it to be secure when broadcast to everyone within 100 or so meters....

  2. By Ed Hintz () ed@hintz.org on http://www.hintz.org

    First, while I note they mention using the Lucent card, if you're buying a card get a Prism2 chipset. I got one of the SMCs at BestBuy for about $50 US. Next, use it in Host AP mode. And last, rather than editing /etc/netstart, add the wicontrol commands into the /etc/hostname.if file:

    !wicontrol $if -e 1 -k mykey -n mylan -s mybase -p 6

  3. By Anonymous Coward () on

    FYI
    You can install orinoco ap500 firmware on an apple airport (theyre the same hardware). The ap500 firmware performs *much* better in multipoint setups.

    http://www.personaltelco.net/index.cgi/Rg1000Comments

  4. By RC () on

    If Apple wants to be incompatible, I say: screw 'em.

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    1. By Anonymous Coward () on

      Just how is apple being incompatible?

  5. By Anonymous Coward () on

    The newer Airports work well (referred to as the Snow model) but you need a Mac to run the Admin tool, or a there is a Windows version of an admin program. We use them at work and they work just fine for me. Having to find a mac to make changes to the Airport is the ownly downer.

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