[gentoo-user] requirements for a gentoo wlan accesspoint

[gentoo-user] requirements for a gentoo wlan accesspoint

[Tamer Higazi]

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.



Tamer

Re: [gentoo-user] requirements for a gentoo wlan accesspoint

[Michael Mol]

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.

Re: [gentoo-user] requirements for a gentoo wlan accesspoint

[Michael Mathurin]

Tamer Higazi <th982a@googlemail.com> writes:

> 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.
>
>
>
> Tamer
>

http://sylv1.tuxfamily.org/projects/tutorial-wpa2-access-point.html

That should get you started. Configuring hostapd and dhcp are the main
things you need to do as well as having a card that supports master
mode. Hope that helps.

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AW: [gentoo-user] requirements for a gentoo wlan accesspoint

[Peter Pan]

Hi, 

you might want to have a look here for choosing the hardware:

http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers an in column "AP" set it to yes.
Once you have the driver, you can search for compatible hardware.

Usually, Atheros-chips should be a good way to go, although there are
different versions of them (and some of them wont go to AP-mode).

I tried to accomplish the same with several USB-devices and hostap. I
managed getting up an Software-802.11n access-point, but the throughput was
kinda bad so I got back to the WLAN provided by the DSL-Router.

Hope this helps at least a bit. 
Regards,
Ralf

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Von: Tamer Higazi [mailto:th982a@googlemail.com] 
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 4. Januar 2012 19:19
An: gentoo-user
Betreff: [gentoo-user] requirements for a gentoo wlan accesspoint

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.



Tamer

Re: [gentoo-user] requirements for a gentoo wlan accesspoint

[Stroller]

On 4 January 2012, at 18:19, Tamer Higazi wrote:
> …
> 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. 

I question whether this is worth the bother - routers are just too cheap. 

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.

Re: [gentoo-user] requirements for a gentoo wlan accesspoint

[Pandu Poluan]

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On Jan 6, 2012 8:44 PM, "Stroller" <stroller@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
> On 4 January 2012, at 18:19, Tamer Higazi wrote:
> > …
> > 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.
>
> I question whether this is worth the bother - routers are just too cheap.
>
> 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.
>
>

I agree. But I strongly recommend going the OpenWRT route directly.

Proprietary access points, especially the ones supporting WPS, are security
threats :

http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2012/01/hands-on-hacking-wifi-protected-setup-with-reaver.ars

the WPS protocol has been broken. OpenWRT does not support WPS, so it
doesn't have the WPS vulnerability.

Rgds,

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