Re: turn a firewall into a wireless access point?
Well yeah, u just plug in your wi card, make shure its linux compatible
and there are packages (apt-cache search them) that will help u in
configuring the card to behave as an access point.
vie, 07-11-2003 a las 07:16, Dale E Martin escribió:
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> Anyways, thanks for any pointers.
>
> Take care,
> Dale
> --
> Dale E. Martin, Clifton Labs, Inc.
> Senior Computer Engineer
> dmartin@cliftonlabs.com
> http://www.cliftonlabs.com
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