Re: 802.11 gateway/authpf

[Jason Dixon <jason@dixongroup.net>]

On Fri, 2003-08-01 at 09:53, Sancho2k.net Lists wrote:
> Brian A. Seklecki wrote:
> > On Wed, 30 Jul 2003, Sancho2k.net Lists wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >>I've been considering implementing OpenBSD as a wireless access point.
> >>It would be a simple setup with one interface into the wired net and one
> >>  802.11b adaptor. My main concern would be unauthorized Internet access
> > 
> > 
> > ...do you mean a card in ad-hoc mode acting as an "access point" ?
> 
> Yes. Are only prism2 based cards capable of this mode, or does the Cisco 
> do it as well? If it does, is that because it is prism2?

I don't know about the Cisco cards, but the scenario I described was a
simplified version of what I've recently done for a client.  That *did*
involve using a DWL-650 via pci adapter, running HostAP as a bridge. 
Works great, if you don't have a wide perimeter to cover.  Find another
HostAP-capable card with an external antannae (Linksys WMP11), and
you're golden.

-- 
Jason Dixon, RHCE
DixonGroup Consulting
http://www.dixongroup.net