Linux wireless router (doable?)

[Josh Johnson]

I really haven't used wireless at all, but I think that you are going to 
need a 'wireless access point'. That will plug into one of your 
Linux-box-router's ethernet cards and act as a switch to your wireless 
network, but still using the Linux Box as the router with IPtables and 
dishing out DHCP and whatnot. I don't believe that you can get a wireless 
card to broadcast. But I could be wrong.

HTH

-JoshJ
http://lotuseaters.no-ip.com

On Thu, 11 Aug 2005, Robert Meyer wrote:

> OK, this one should be simple but searching the net gives me pages with tons of
> information and no real answer.
>
> Can I make a linux box into a wireless router?  The situation is this:  I know
> someone with a linux box that just got a Powerlink connection.  He wants to
> stuff a wireless card in the linux box and use IPTABLES to make the linux box
> into a firewall for wireless.  The real question is whether or not a wireless
> card in a linux box can be made to look like a wireless hub.  I haven't worked
> that much with wireless to know what can be done.  If I can get the card to be
> the other end of the connection, then getting DHCP, IPTABLES and other things
> running should be a snap.
>
> Please don't tell me how cheap a WRT54G is.  I know already but the person that
> wants to do this doesn't want an external router.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Cheers!
>
> Bob
>
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