[Techtalk] USB wireless as an AP?

[Michelle Konzack]

Hi Elwing,

Am 2008-04-29 15:14:44, schrieb Elwing:
> What I'm not sure of is if I can even find a good 802.11g (n whatever)  
> USB wireless device that works under Linux, will I be able to  
> configure the firewall to act as an AP?

The only reliable Wireless Chips for AP's are those from Atheros and  of
course, they support a/b/g and more.

I recently have contacted Atheres and as an Electronic Engineer, I have
asked for "Free Samples"... and gotten!

I have several projects and like to design some USB devices based on the
Atheros Chips since its performance and its GNU/Linux support.

Imagine, it is "relativ" easy  to  build  the  hardware  and  "Mad-Wifi"
support it already (and for building a "Linux Hardware"  I  have  gotten
full support from the Atheros Technical Support since they want to  sell
its chips)

> Features I need:
> - WPA2 shared key (not an absolute necessity, but *very* nice to have)
> - MAC address filtering
> - hidden ESSID
> - various wireless devices, computers, laptops, and "devices" will  
> need to connect to it, so funky limitations on what it'll talk to  
> won't work for me.
> 
> Any experiences with either 1) a USB wireless device or 2) using Linux  
> as a wireless AP?

Maybe you can get an  USB/MiniPCI  adapter  and  then  use  the  MiniPCI
Wireless cards?

Thanks, Greetings and nice Day
    Michelle Konzack
    Systemadministrator
    24V Electronic Engineer
    Tamay Dogan Network
    Debian GNU/Linux Consultant


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