Building wireless client and wireless accesspoint

[Stephen]

http://blog.allthingsgeek.com/index.php?mod=article&id=16

and

http://www.smoothwall.org/releases/30-polar/

look very promising to me, but right now i just turned my regular WAP
into a dummy extension of my internal network and then linked that to
a via epia 600 mhz board running smoothwall 3.0

On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 8:21 AM, Eric Shubert <ejs at shubes.net> wrote:
> On 01/20/2012 09:06 PM, James Dugger wrote:
>>
>> I have an interesting project request to build/configure a linux server
>> as a wireless router/dhcp server for a wireless LAN but which is mobile
>> itself and can negotiate for with other wireless access points (wifi hot
>> spots).  This is for a small mobile office in a trailer.  The client
>> wants a linux server that will function as a small light file/print
>> server for wireless clients on the private LAN side, but get access to
>> the Internet from outside wireless sources which may change (dhcp).
>>
>> I assume that it will require at a minimum 2 wireless cards one for
>> public and one for private (there is also a built in ethernet on the
>> small mobo.
>>
>> I am somewhat familiar with IPCop and want to know if it alone is
>> capable of configuring this and running it or are there other
>> applications that either alone or together can achieve this.
>
>
> The network configuration you described is called a Wireless Repeater
> Bridge.
>
> While IPCop might be able to handle the networking requirements (I'm not
> sure if IPCop can be a wireless repeater bridge or not), it is not designed
> (nor is it desirable for a firewall) to provide file/print services.
>
> I think easiest solution for this would be to use DD-WRT. It can be
> configured as a repeater bridge (see
> http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Repeater_Bridge), and DD-WRT can be run
> on a wide variety of wireless devices.
>
> While it might be possible to add samba to DD-WRT in some instances (see
> http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Samba), I would recommend against it.
> Filesystem access would be at USB2 speeds, and I don't believe this would
> provide printer sharing. Samba on DD-WRT is not a pretty picture.
>
> To provide file/print services, it would be simplest to build a standalone
> samba server for file/print sharing. This server could be as little as an
> old PentiumII machine with 256M of RAM (more ram would only increase file
> caching). I would recommend building this on a raid-1 (mirrored) array. If
> more than 2G of storage is needed, you can use raid-10.
>
> BL, let DD-WRT handle the networking requirements on a small wireless router
> device, and build a separate server host (attached to the DD-WRT device via
> ethernet) for file/print services. Remember to KISS. ;)
>
> This sounds like an interesting project. Have fun with it!
>
> --
> -Eric 'shubes'
>
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