From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RiVoB-0004Rg-CZ for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:43:31 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2D21621C123; Wed, 4 Jan 2012 18:43:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-iy0-f181.google.com (mail-iy0-f181.google.com [209.85.210.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 253B221C027 for ; Wed, 4 Jan 2012 18:42:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iakk12 with SMTP id k12so36235123iak.40 for ; Wed, 04 Jan 2012 10:42:14 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=FNC1ysjwjThdp4rkcXKJKDx6K5F2R/8L1o8rZQWvjBo=; b=Tdz2OVb6nL+9kV81FBIBAjZl2J8hb2KYM39gr9EkUISHr+yjTuhhUxvTjTJoUogNn4 agx6vmv0JfWFmFdQCry9dBZiAbf59YNwR1L4+hZn11Ez/5SfOyclFWyqr9BxQG5PQepe KMv+4nPW5bvO+tg4RKvm79D0ZhWSY3kSkz2eg= Received: by 10.50.170.35 with SMTP id aj3mr68815193igc.2.1325702534530; Wed, 04 Jan 2012 10:42:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.9.92] (adsl-76-236-174-54.dsl.klmzmi.sbcglobal.net. [76.236.174.54]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id py9sm97046793igc.2.2012.01.04.10.42.12 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 04 Jan 2012 10:42:13 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4F049D82.4060408@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:42:10 -0500 From: Michael Mol User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:9.0.1) Gecko/20111221 Firefox/9.0.1 SeaMonkey/2.6.1 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] requirements for a gentoo wlan accesspoint References: <4F049824.9060209@googlemail.com> In-Reply-To: <4F049824.9060209@googlemail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.3.4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: a4ee427f-1eb7-458f-8e35-20f10305294d X-Archives-Hash: 8a06eee707cda7b066d38c19aacd9b45 Tamer Higazi wrote: > Hi people! > I want to make my linux machine being a wlan access point for my other > components like Notebook, Cell phone etc... > > > Now the big question, what do I need to accomplish this?! > > like a wlan router where I would get a WPA2 key, I want the linux > machine to act as a wlan router who offers WPA2 encrpytion. > > > for any response I would thank you. I don't really know much about running a wifi interface in AP mode on Linux. I have an ASUS WL-330gE plugged into an interface on my Linux router, where it serves as a simple AP. My router handles routing and firewalling from there. I *do* know that some wifi chipsets support running in AP mode, and some don't. I don't know which.