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 1RiWJJ-000450-CB for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:15:41 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E232421C210; Wed, 4 Jan 2012 19:14:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-vx0-f181.google.com (mail-vx0-f181.google.com [209.85.220.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACC0221C068 for ; Wed, 4 Jan 2012 19:09:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vcbfk26 with SMTP id fk26so14888875vcb.40 for ; Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:09:39 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:subject:references:x-face:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version:content-type; bh=QtSnTBhgSxIk90amhKhvvx5KwtU1dzHkuzWMf1jh5Zw=; b=oBEyYSDSq27k0U8Vd2uESXdgod+9mFRwoP6xlfEapaR0ABnSQ6zgyitqcB0ggUhCKc LWBwy+ZCwUfEtna0zKyuSZVLek05xLsPXOxbAMNuhLsGK3UN9Sp/Pkg3CrG2c7Wzg3WC LmsykiAurmVHkin/ylOfm0OTGuG12Xl2u9dk8= Received: by 10.220.231.71 with SMTP id jp7mr33223842vcb.52.1325704179205; Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:09:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from otsuka (pool-173-48-52-54.bstnma.fios.verizon.net. [173.48.52.54]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id hj10sm38960619vdb.0.2012.01.04.11.09.37 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:09:38 -0800 (PST) From: Michael Mathurin To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] requirements for a gentoo wlan accesspoint References: <4F049824.9060209@googlemail.com> X-Face: 5mc)S;fJYV"o2]r[L/Aa4`g"9^H!<>Y=GS8Ma#WNIZMP1G!Y{~6ZO|W}o66Lq~e`>qX$}^3 9_q5.l;+sUtD\w4//%`^fjK+7,p=YGEtHX:E4t8P(}q5}PWe~9wCded'w4-lt@ko6Mz9B~O(kktjYf VlhvO<9>\Bj@?BcX~S@RP:V]RRXcJ3rJp;S,}^>wYa"T+67X##tL5Y`OwxF>OIv#soIlKWCe1-ENG! ND Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:09:34 -0500 In-Reply-To: <4F049824.9060209@googlemail.com> (Tamer Higazi's message of "Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:19:16 +0100") Message-ID: <8762grqo7l.fsf@gmail.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.3 (gnu/linux) 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Archives-Salt: 1031c69a-b0f0-4269-9f98-994037af89a0 X-Archives-Hash: 1656943f1a1caa5fefe9e891f3362963 Tamer Higazi 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. -- t: https://www.twitter.com/mikankun b: http://mikankun.wordpress.com