Mick <[email protected]> [15-07-25 09:52]: > On Saturday 25 Jul 2015 04:25:34 [email protected] wrote: > > Hi, > > > > since the topic "WLAN/Wifi" is a wide area and I am only a pedestrian > > (and a not native english speaker too), I want to ask for a keyword or > > terminus technicus, what I need to search for... > > > > Wanted setup: > > I Wifi connection between a tablet PC (android) and Gentoo Linux PC. > > I definitely dont want any other to access neither the tablet nor the > > PC. > > > > So...do I need a 'Hotspot' or what name does the setup has, which > > I need to build on my Gentoo Linux PC? > > > > Thank you very much in advance for any help! > > Best regards, > > Meino > > You need to set up a wireless Host Access Point on your PC and secure it with > WPA2. If you are really paranoid about attacks of the wireless connection, > you can set up more advanced (enterprise) authentication between the access > point and the tablet using SSL certificates and/or a RADIUS server. This > would probably be an overkill for a domestic environment with a single device. > > As alternative, if more than WPA2 network security is a must, it would be > easier to set up a VPN tunnel between the two devices, or SSH SOCKS5 server > on > the PC and something like proxychains on the client. > > For setting up hostapd have a look here: > > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Hostapd > > -- > Regards, > Mick
Hi Mick, thank you for the translation Meino=>Wifi and Wifi=>Meino :) :) Short "second" question: Is it possible to limit the devices, which could connect to the access point, to some MACs ? (I know, this is not 100% secure, since even those could be faked, but the average script kiddy may be block for a while.) Best regards, Meino
