Hello Robin-David,
I recommend you look into using a Soekris board with a Linux
based OS, such as Pebble. So you can configure it as you see fit. The
hardware below meets your requirements.
Hardware to Make your own APs
http://www.soekris.com/
OS for Hardware Above
http://www.nycwireless.net/pebble/
Good luck,
-Ben
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> Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 9:42 AM
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> Subject: [nycwireless] Commercial Grade Access Points.
>
>
>
> I am looking to purchase access points for a corporate
> environment to working in conjunction with a router.
>
> It is my understanding that the use of the internet from the
> access points will be available to the public, although based
> on the installation it is unlikely that the public will be
> able to establish a quality link with these APs.
>
> We naturally are concerned about traffic shaping on the
> whole, and port blocking unregistered users from certain TCP
> operations : SMTP, SNMP, POP, FTP we expect to use a captive portal.
>
> While it is my intention to build this from scratch using
> some combination of IPF's mssclamp and trickle and or CBQ,
> ALTQ. As the captive portal will also be running squid, and
> NATing a computer network and a cluster of VoIP systems. I am
> open to any suggestions/ pitfall warnings.
>
>
> Also of great concern is ease of replacement of the APs. It
> used to be that commercial grade access points could be
> configured by way of a serial port only, and that if two
> access points were allowed to share a physical segment there
> was no way one access point could be used as a bridge to
> attack the other. With configuration by https or worse yet
> SNMP it is impossible to put 2 APs on the same network
> segment and not expect trouble. It is also harder to write
> scripts to restore settings on this APs than their serial
> counterparts. APs might fail, or otherwise become
> deprogrammed. In what may be the Famous Last Words of NORAD:
> "Hey! whats this button do?" Are these old world access
> points still on the market?
>
>
>
> Has anyone any experience with such security concerns?
>
>
>
> The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common.
> Instead of altering their views to fit the facts, they alter
> the facts to fit their views ... which can be very
> uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that needs
> altering.
> -- Doctor Who, "Face of Evil"
>
>
>
> Robin-David Hammond KB3IEN
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