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 1RjA4P-0004kk-Ms for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:42:57 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A532521C0FB; Fri, 6 Jan 2012 13:42:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpout.karoo.kcom.com (smtpout.karoo.kcom.com [212.50.160.34]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63B5A21C065 for ; Fri, 6 Jan 2012 13:41:37 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.71,467,1320624000"; d="scan'208";a="581938388" Received: from 213-152-39-89.dsl.eclipse.net.uk (HELO compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org) ([213.152.39.89]) by smtpout.karoo.kcom.com with ESMTP; 06 Jan 2012 13:41:29 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.100] (unknown [192.168.1.100]) by compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67C22AC6E5 for ; Fri, 6 Jan 2012 13:37:04 +0000 (GMT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 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 (Apple Message framework v1251.1) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] requirements for a gentoo wlan accesspoint From: Stroller In-Reply-To: <4F049824.9060209@googlemail.com> Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2012 13:41:26 +0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <5ECBAD3F-CDEC-47EB-982F-FD867272FCEF@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> References: <4F049824.9060209@googlemail.com> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1251.1) X-Archives-Salt: c6b56650-9cad-4dad-b3b5-dd48c7dad1d0 X-Archives-Hash: 338555d29239f0bafccc5b5a51f724fb On 4 January 2012, at 18:19, Tamer Higazi wrote: > =85 > I want to make my linux machine being a wlan access point for my other > components like Notebook, Cell phone etc... If you just want to temporarily share then I think "access point" is = unimportant - can't you use "ad hoc" mode? "Access point" means getting a wifi card which supports master mode. Not = all do.=20 I question whether this is worth the bother - routers are just too = cheap.=20 If you want to do something complicated, which is not available in the = menus of your $20 wifi router, then run OpenWRT Linux on a $40 router. The extra cost of a recent router will quickly pay for itself in = electricity savings, over leaving your big desktop PC on when you only = want to surf the net on your netbook. Stroller.