Configuring a Wireless Internet Access Point
It’s become increasingly popular in recent years to create a network in your home or office completely free of wires, using any of the widely available 802.11 (Wi-Fi) wireless access systems on the market. These devices act as NAT-capable gateway routers in their own right, and they have the added bonus of broadcasting wireless signals to any authenticated computers in the vicinity. Fortunately, your FreeBSD router can perform these same functions just as well, if equipped with a supported wireless card.
Currently, FreeBSD’s capabilities to act as a wireless access point require that you have a wireless card supported by the wi driver; these cards include any that use the Lucent Hermes, Intersil PRISM ...
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