-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 12/10/11 21:29, Rod Butcher wrote: > Sounds like my best option is just to use a cheap PCI wireless card as a > WAP - can I do that ? - and use the PC as the router. Does this sound > right ? My question then is, if serious businesses use expensive > standalone programmable devices to provide WAPs, rather than the $100 > routers at my local PC shop, how realistic is the setup I will be > training on ? I will be configuring the PC as the router, along with > security, encryption, iptables etc... how closely do the skills involved > relate to those involved in a realword business setup ? > thanks > Rod
Depends upon the situation. It could be a worthwhile exercise to get a cheap second hand CISCO router, as one of my students did, and learn with that. A relatively new one should be quite cheap and will give you skills in their scripting. Heracles -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk6Vdy4ACgkQybPcBAs9CE8PygCgqp0TLrxxBJYuBROmhj5CP2DO HKYAnRznIS5Gdym34KCNO8X+Qd6SUwLW =h/SR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
