My budget for this is tiny, $100 max for the whole setup, as it's only
for training, and I don't want to acquire hardware I will have no use
for afterward...
So I'm trying to get specific info on whether it is possible to
configure a Linux PC with a cheap 80211g/n PCI card to provide a
reasonably full-featured WAP - user/computer credential validation, data
encryption, network and Internet access.
It's fairly simple to configure multiple Ethernet network cards on a
Linux box to provide routing and Internet access (iptables & NAT)... I
had assumed a similar software solution should be possible for
wifi-based LAN. ??
thanks
Rod
On 10/13/11 10:48, Ken Wilson wrote:
I have seen them at Reverse Garbage in Addison Rd Marrickville, where
whole computing setups have been discarded including routers, their
price is always not much.
Ken
On 12/10/11 22:17, Heracles wrote:
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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
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