I'm trying to make a temporary internet connection for a friend who's moving into and apt where they provide a wireless connection. Since I'm not sure whether she'll eventually buy a new computer or simply add necessary parts (mainly wireless adaptor) to some older machine I have, I want to expend a minimal amount of effort on this using stuff I have around that's pretty much already set up. One thing I have around is an old laptop with both wired and wireless cards (PCMCIA) that runs a Debian variant (DamnSmalLinux). Since it's got pretty paltry resources (P1 120, 48MB RAM), I'm thinking maybe I could set it up as a sort of gateway to route the wireless signal the apt complex offers: eth1 gets on the wireless network and the computer routes the signal out eth0. To eth0 I hook another desktop computer I have via crossover cable which has a wired NIC and slightly better system resources (P2 233 96MB RAM) and runs Ubuntu. By doing some research online and experimentation, I could maybe eventualy figure all this out on my own. In the interest of saving me some time working on the project, since it's a temporary thing, I'd like to just see if I could get some suggestions and/or pointers to helpful documentation from anyone onlist first.
I should also mention that I have a Linksys wireless B access point laying around unused (given to me for some work I did for a friend), but so far as I can see, this is not going to help me get her computer on the wireless network she'll have access to. It's meant to route a wireless signal, and has an rj45 jack on which a dhcp client runs and into which a wired signal is to be fed, which then gets sent out the antennae to wireless NICs within range. From documentation I've looked at, this device can act as a bridge or can extend range in concert with a second access point like it. But looking into this earlier, I determined I could not use it as a sort of wireless NIC in itself, receiving a signal and routing it back and forth through the rj45 plug. But I'm not terribly knowledgeable about this, so maybe there is a way to use it for this project. Input on these matters will be appreciated. Thanks, James - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
