On Jan 6, 2012 8:44 PM, "Stroller" <strol...@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> wrote: > > > On 4 January 2012, at 18:19, Tamer Higazi wrote: > > … > > I want to make my linux machine being a wlan access point for my other > > components like Notebook, Cell phone etc... > > If you just want to temporarily share then I think "access point" is unimportant - can't you use "ad hoc" mode? > > "Access point" means getting a wifi card which supports master mode. Not all do. > > I question whether this is worth the bother - routers are just too cheap. > > If you want to do something complicated, which is not available in the menus of your $20 wifi router, then run OpenWRT Linux on a $40 router. > > The extra cost of a recent router will quickly pay for itself in electricity savings, over leaving your big desktop PC on when you only want to surf the net on your netbook. > > Stroller. > >
I agree. But I strongly recommend going the OpenWRT route directly. Proprietary access points, especially the ones supporting WPS, are security threats : http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2012/01/hands-on-hacking-wifi-protected-setup-with-reaver.ars the WPS protocol has been broken. OpenWRT does not support WPS, so it doesn't have the WPS vulnerability. Rgds,
