[svlug] Wireless Access Point for Linux networks?

[Robert Hajime Lanning]

I use the Apple Airport Basestation with the Java Configurator at:
http://edge.mcs.drexel.edu/GICL/people/sevy/airport/

Works great.  Yes, I did turn off NAT and DHCP.  With this configurator I
can do pretty much all configuration, include uploading new firmware.

Also with this combo I can lock down access to specific MAC addresses.

---- As written by Aaron Lehmann:
> 
> I'm looking for a Linux-friendly wireless 802.11b access point. Every
> unit I have looked at so far has at least these unfriendly
> characteristics:
> 
> * Windows setup and configuration tool
> 
> * DHCP/NAT for address assignment. (I want to do my DHCP and routing
> on a Linux box, for obvious reasons)
> 
> 
> Is it possible to find an access point that is analogous to an
> unmanaged hub rather than a managed router? I would prefer to leave
> routing and address assignment to a Linux box on the network. It's
> also a big plus if the access point just works out of the box, rather
> than requiring configuration from some medieval OS.
> 
> Will such a scheme even work on a wireless network, or is it that
> different from Ethernet?
> 
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/* Robert Hajime Lanning                             lanning at lanning.cc
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