Linux wireless router (doable?)

[vlok stone]

yes, but you need a card w/ a certain chipset. the
prism 2.5 chipset will work as an access point. i
think there are a couple others that'll work too, but
i don't know them off hand. 

--- Robert Meyer <meyer_rm at yahoo.com> 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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