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Old 05-18-2005, 06:24 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Turning a normal wireless Card into an access point

Hi all,

I know it is not normal for me, to be asking questions, but for this specific thing I realy need to dwell on your knowledge.

I have a linux box acting as router/firewall etc. It has an unused wireless card, which I would like to turn into an access point, so I won't have to invest in a dedicated access point.
I have been searching almost everywhere google wants to lead me, but I've come up short on this.

So to sum it all up, does anyone here know anything about how to turn your wireless network card into an access point, under linux ?

Theoreticaly the datatransfer is the same, but there should be some way, to reverse the transmission, so the card will accept other computers to gain access through the card, instead of it searching for an access point.

I've found this: http://www.live.com/wireless/unix-base-station.html
Aswell as this: http://freebsd.active-venture.com/ha...-wireless.html
And I am studying those, but if anyone is having any other information, I would realy like to know.
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