On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 08:16:10AM -0500, Dale E Martin wrote: > I was curious if there was software to turn my firewall into a wireless > access point? I've got a shorewall setup that has "net", "loc", and "dmz" > zones. My plan was to make a "dmzw" zone for the wireless. I've got an > Orinoco card + an ISA/PCMCIA adapter that I plan on using for the wireless > connectivity. To get access point functionality out of an Orinoco card, you'll need to use a special driver with a non-free firmware. You can find out about those here: http://hunz.org/hermesap.html > I'm looking for ways to assign the "ESID", manage ACLs, WEP, etc, like you > would on a standalone access point. I realize even with these protections > that the wireless setup will be easy to compromise - that's why I'm > planning on making it part of a dmz. Wireless interface control is done with 'iwconfig', included in the 'wireless-tools' package. That will allow you to set basic things like the ESSID and WEP key. For ACL, you can use iptables, or you can sometimes set special driver-specific options with 'iwpriv'. Have fun! - Keegan
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