On 8/4/05, Mhac Janapin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This just came upon my head as I showered this morning... > Can a Linux box act as a WiFi access point? > > In ascii: > +------------------+ > | eth0 |--->DSL > |Linux box | > | eth1(WiFi Card) |--->LAN > | eth2(WiFi Card) |--->LAN > +------------------+ > Just a wild idea...
Yes. Your card must support master mode, and your box should have the hostapd package installed. Chipsets that can do such would include the Prism2/2.5/3, Prism54, and Atheros-based cards. Taming the wild idea - unless you're shaving pesos off for an "enterprise" wireless deployment (e.g. you want to integrate RADIUS authentication together with WPA-EAP et.al) it's much cheaper in the short run and long run to just buy a SOHO access point or wireless enabled router - as such consumes less power than any x86-based PC, aside from the money and time you'd spend building the wireless-enabled Linux box. -- Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
