[ale] turning your box in a Wireless Access Point

[Geoffrey]

Here's the article on http://www.linuxjournal.com/ which do this for 
you.  Turns a laptop with a wireless card into your base station.

Talks about vpn and ipmasq.

http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=5470

Probably quite a bit safer then below. :)


Christopher R. Curzio wrote:
> Or, for the less faint-of-heart:
> http://www.cafwap.net/prism2ap/
> 
> Detailed instructions on either:
> 
> A) How to make your PrismII-based PCMCIA Wireless Card function as an AP 
> - or -
> B) How to fry your PrismII-based PCMCIA Wireless Card
> 
> Since it's tinkering with firmware, you run the risk of performing option
> B. But hey, if you have money to blow (and you remember that this is
> information, and I'm in no way responsible if you break your hardware),
> give it a shot. 
> 
> 


-- 
Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net

I didn't have to buy my radio from a specific company to listen
to FM, why doesn't that apply to the Internet (anymore...)?


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