Re: [MLUG] Linux as a Wireless Access Point

[Michael <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Might look at the software provided by the MeshAP project. They bundle
existing software to make it easy to turn a computer into an access point.


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Michael McGlothlin <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
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On Sat, 9 Nov 2002, 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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