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 1RjByZ-0007JJ-Mg for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:45:03 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D320921C07A; Fri, 6 Jan 2012 15:44:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svr-us4.tirtonadi.com (svr-us4.tirtonadi.com [69.65.43.212]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72B0021C026 for ; Fri, 6 Jan 2012 15:43:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ww0-f41.google.com ([74.125.82.41]) by svr-us4.tirtonadi.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RjBxM-001i9w-AO for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 06 Jan 2012 22:43:48 +0700 Received: by wgbdt12 with SMTP id dt12so1695623wgb.4 for ; Fri, 06 Jan 2012 07:43:44 -0800 (PST) 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 Received: by 10.180.88.229 with SMTP id bj5mr8045925wib.5.1325864624835; Fri, 06 Jan 2012 07:43:44 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.223.83.12 with HTTP; Fri, 6 Jan 2012 07:43:44 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.223.83.12 with HTTP; Fri, 6 Jan 2012 07:43:44 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <5ECBAD3F-CDEC-47EB-982F-FD867272FCEF@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> References: <4F049824.9060209@googlemail.com> <5ECBAD3F-CDEC-47EB-982F-FD867272FCEF@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2012 22:43:44 +0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] requirements for a gentoo wlan accesspoint From: Pandu Poluan To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=f46d04426740fbca8604b5dde998 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - svr-us4.tirtonadi.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.gentoo.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - poluan.info X-Archives-Salt: 2845cb42-9f24-466d-acf6-9700baba21ff X-Archives-Hash: f978d7da1f4190bc7f9902f4bbdb6f63 --f46d04426740fbca8604b5dde998 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Jan 6, 2012 8:44 PM, "Stroller" wrote: > > > On 4 January 2012, at 18:19, Tamer Higazi wrote: > > =E2=80=A6 > > 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-protecte= d-setup-with-reaver.ars the WPS protocol has been broken. OpenWRT does not support WPS, so it doesn't have the WPS vulnerability. Rgds, --f46d04426740fbca8604b5dde998 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On Jan 6, 2012 8:44 PM, "Stroller" <stroller@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
> On 4 January 2012, at 18:19, Tamer Higazi wrote:
> > =E2=80=A6
> > 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&= quot; is unimportant - can't you use "ad hoc" mode?
>
> "Access point" means getting a wifi card which supports mast= er mode. Not all do.
>
> I question whether this is worth the bother - routers are just too che= ap.
>
> 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 elect= ricity savings, over leaving your big desktop PC on when you only want to s= urf 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 secur= ity threats :

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

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

Rgds,

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