[ale] Wireless networking options?

Christopher Fowler cfowler at outpostsentinel.com
Thu Apr 10 16:18:02 EDT 2003


I bought the Linksys router thinking I could turn off Nat and have it
behave like the AP.  That was a dumb thought.  The Router was just a
little more expensive and if I needed that functionality later, I would
have it.


On Thu, 2003-04-10 at 16:11, Thomas Holmquist wrote:
> You want a Wireless Access Point (WAP)
> 
> heres a linksys one:
> http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?cgiurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Fws%2F&krd=1&from=R8&MfcISAPICommand=GetResult&ht=1&SortProperty=MetaEndSort&query=linksys+wap11
> 
> Those dont have NAT routers built in :)
> 
> George Carless wrote:
> 
> >Since this whole wireless thingamebob seems to be such a hot topic right
> >now, here's a question for you all:
> >
> >I've just moved into my new apartment, and I'd prefer not to wire cat5
> >everywhere.  I've about three or four machines I'd like to network up - my
> >server, my Windows machine, my MAME arcade machine.. maybe a pc in the
> >kitchen for recipe browsing, if I decide to get *uber* geeky.  So, I
> >figure that wireless is probably the best way to go.
> >
> >However, a quick look around indicates that most of the wireless hubs
> >that're out there seem to be integrated dealies that do NAT etc.  I
> >already have a perfectly good Linux machine doing all of that jazz, and I
> >understand what it's doing reasonably well, so I'd prefer to avoid
> >replacing it.
> >
> >So -- can anyone provide me with some guidance as to what I should be
> >shopping for, if I just want to connect the machines together without
> >doing anything too fancy?  My setup right now is pretty standard:
> >
> >Linux machine with eth0->cable and eth1->hub, providing ip masquerading/nat
> >other machines with eth0->hub
> >
> >Any advice much appreciated.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >--George
> >
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