Re: Recommendations for wireless ethernet adapters for AP

[Christian Weisgerber]

Damon McMahon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Does anyone have any recommendations for a wireless ethernet adapter
> for a Pentium III 500 MHz box which will become a wireless access
> point for a 2-3 node network?

> I'm intending to use IPSec or PPTP to secure the WLAN - will this
> machine be up to specs to handle this?

Pushing IPsec (AES, HMAC-SHA2-256) traffic to an .11g access point
at the maximum data rate of just under 2 MB/s takes about 40..45%
CPU of my Pentium-III 800 MHz gateway here.  This should scale
approximately with the clock difference for your box, so yes, I
think it can handle it.

-- 
Christian "naddy" Weisgerber  [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Recommendations for wireless ethernet adapters for AP

[Damon McMahon]

Greetings,

Does anyone have any recommendations for a wireless ethernet adapter
for a Pentium III 500 MHz box which will become a wireless access
point for a 2-3 node network?

I note a large number of adapters listed in the i386 hardware
compatibility list with a number of chipsets served by a variety of
drivers which have varying levels of support for different 802.11x
features.

I'm intending to use IPSec or PPTP to secure the WLAN - will this
machine be up to specs to handle this?

Any advice is appreciated,
Damon