wireless/broadband router recommendations?

[CLIFFORD ILKAY]

At 03:01 PM 04/09/2003 -0400, Charly Baker wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am interested in one of the 802.11g access points. I have noticed that
> > access points are often more expensive than routers and they never seem to
> > go on sale. Can the routers be used as access points? In other words, is it
> > possible to disable the routing, dhcp, and firewall capabilities of the
> > routers, such as those from Linksys, D-Link, and SMC and use them strictly
> > as access points?
> >
> > I use an old PC running Linux for firewalling, routing, and dchp and have
> > no  desire to change that. The plan is to add a third NIC to the Linux box,
> > run IPsec on it so that all wireless communications will be across IPsec
> > tunnels.
> >
>  You could also just put a wireless card in your gateway and have it 
> function
>as an access point.  See:
>
>http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-wap.html?ca=dgr-lnxw03AccessPoint
>and
>http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/wireless/2001/03/06/recipe.html

Thanks Charly. That looks interesting. I'll report back once I get around 
to doing it.

Regards,

Clifford Ilkay
Dinamis Corporation
3266 Yonge Street, Suite 1419
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M4N 3P6

Tel: 416-410-3326

mailto:clifford_ilkay-biY6FKoJMRdBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org 

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