On Mar 7, 2009, at 9:37 PM, k2aau wrote: > My question, with a notebook computer using Linux would I be able to > configure a wireless device to seek out a WIFI network and provide > and Internet gateway to the system? >
No, you wouldn't be able to control whether you got a public IP address, or more likely 99% of the time you would find yourself INSIDE someone's NAT router/firewall on an internal RFC 1918 address, and wouldn't have the right control of that firewall to add the port- forwarding necessary. You really need IP at the site to make it work that's completely under your control. Does that mean it has to get there via an ISP? No. You could become your own wireless ISP and build a commercial microwave link, buy telco services that would get the IP there, etc... But you definitely need 100% control of the network up until the point you pop out at a NAT somewhere as a real/routable Internet IP address. Nate WY0X
