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 1ROWsv-0002SZ-Ip for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:49:50 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D65DC21C08A; Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:49:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9D2A21C023 for ; Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:48:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2595A1B4028 for ; Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:48:44 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -4.024 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.024 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=0.680, BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.504] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id gT5OrLjoOibP for ; Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:48:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lo.gmane.org (lo.gmane.org [80.91.229.12]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5021C1B400E for ; Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:48:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ROWrh-0000Sd-Bb for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:48:33 +0100 Received: from rrcs-71-40-157-251.se.biz.rr.com ([71.40.157.251]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:48:33 +0100 Received: from wireless by rrcs-71-40-157-251.se.biz.rr.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:48:33 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: James Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: gentoo as wlan-repeater... Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:48:15 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <4EBB8C4E.1010308@reinemuth.info> 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 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: sea.gmane.org User-Agent: Loom/3.14 (http://gmane.org/) X-Loom-IP: 71.40.157.251 (Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20111004 Firefox/7.0.1 SeaMonkey/2.4.1) X-Archives-Salt: ef6e2c1f-4e57-40d4-83bf-f34b112fad87 X-Archives-Hash: 138d65e8af9ed23940c8d30a45d2b6f5 Jens Reinemuth reinemuth.info> writes: > i currently live in an appartment that has a very lousy > wlan-access-point for the people. OK. The most important issue is the power (watts) output of the transmitter (and sensitivity) of the receiver. You can hack together fantastic software, that will not work well. Make sure that the hardware you select works with the softare(gentoo), before making a final purchase of hardware. Personally, I'd find out the maximum power wattage of what is allowed in your country, and go right up to the max allowed. An external antenna and a booster amplifier will really make your AP usable. It's also a magnet for hackers, so you really have to be on top of your (iptables) security game. You have to research these issues and then according to what hardware you find, what you can construct outside of your unit and what the laws/rules are for your (Rf_police) country. Here in the US, it's the (FCC). Each country has their own Rf_police, some do nothing and others are borderline criminal in Rf spectrum enforcement..... Often the ISP's that dominate your local service market, are rather ruthless in not allowing heavy traffic thru your AP; so you have to assess the ferocity of your local ISPs, imho. caveat emptor. hth, James