Linux as a wireless AP

[Bryan O'Neal]

While I know their are a few PCI cards that are supposed to work with Linux
I have, unfortunately, never run across any and thus never tried; but if you
add the card can you not create an adhock network with it and route on the
if like any other nic? Alternately you could just hook up the most basic
AP/Router combo you can get that provides adequate security and then use a
static rout to/from your main router and the AP, but I assume that is what
your doing now with the WRT54G.    
Where are you running into trouble? Is it getting the card to work, setting
up the adhock network, creating the route, etc.? If you let us know how far
you have gotten I am sure we can help further.

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:plug-discuss-bounces at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Paul
Mooring
Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 10:33 AM
To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: RE: Linux as a wireless AP

I've seen it before but all the routing/firewall stuff is already configured
and running great, so I'm not really looking to redo any of that I just want
to add an AP to my existing set-up.

On Mon, 2009-04-06 at 10:25 -0700, Bryan O'Neal wrote:
> Have you looked into ShoreWall yet? 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of 
> Paul Mooring
> Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 9:06 AM
> To: Main PLUG discussion list
> Subject: Linux as a wireless AP
> 
>   I've got a couple of old machines I use a routers around my house 
> (gentoo based iptables routers) that I'd like to use an old pci 
> wireless card to make my AP and get rid of my old WRT54G, does anyone 
> know of a way to do this? Hopefully with a decent howto or guide, or 
> else know of a reason why this is a bad idea/security problem. (btw I 
> the wireless card I have is a ralink, and I think I have an atheros 
> around somewhere)
> 
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