Re: [MLUG] Linux as a Wireless Access Point

[Nathan Atkinson <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

The prism2 drivers among other will allow you turn your linux boxen into 
an AP.  Be sure that the
card you buy has a real external antenna.  My Netgear card has a little 
flat plastic piece that
passes off as an antenna.

Nathan A.

Neil Bradshaw wrote:

>Hey everyone,
>
>I'm wanting to provide wireless connectivity to my laptop. I have spare
>PCI slots on my firewall and spare ethernet ports on my hub.
>
>Does anyone know if there is a way to plug in a wireless ethernet card
>into a Linux server and turn it into a wireless access point? I believe
>that my iBook can do this with its PCMCIA card, so I would think that
>there's got to be some PCI card (or a bunch for that matter) that work
>with Linux and that support the ability to become wireless access points.
>Making one like this would be cheaper than buying a dedicated wireless
>access point as well as take up a lot less space.
>
>Thanks in advance for any help.
>
>Cheers,
>Neil Bradshaw
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