[TCWUG] Linux as an Access Point?

[natecars at real-time.com]

On Thu, 10 Jan 2002, Asim Beg wrote:
> Does anyone have a recommendation for a PCI card that:
> - uses an external antenna
> - works easily with Linux (Prism II or Lucent based)
>
> I want to build an Access Point (Infrastructure mode) using Linux. Has
> anyone tried doing it?. I don't want to use those ISA/PCI<-->PCMCIA
> cards.

Supposedely, you can use a Linksys WMP11 (Prism2.5-based card in a PCI
form factor, SMA connectors IIRC) to do exactly this. Check the
lwlan-users archives for details..

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