I found a walk through on how to do just this with Slackware on linuxquestions.org On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 12:24 PM, Matt Graham wrote: > From: Paul Mooring >> I can get the card to work as a wireless NIC, by that I mean I can >> connect to my existing network, what I haven't been able to get working >> is configuring to work as an AP, setting an essid, configuring WPA, ect. > > iwconfig eth1 mode Master > (If that doesn't work, things will be difficult if not impossible. > Some cards can't act as a master, like the ipw2200 in my laptop.) > iwconfig eth1 essid "My_ESSID" > > ...your distro probably has layers and layers of scripts that read > config files that have pointy-clicky ways to update that info.  But > most of the 802.11 configuration is done via iwconfig at some point. > *NOT* WPA encryption, though, that's wpa_supplicant. > > -- > Matt G / Dances With Crows > The Crow202 Blog:  http://crow202.org/wordpress/ > There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss