[LUGSB] Network card for Linux Access Point?

[Aaron Pellman-Isaacs]

Not sure off the top of my head, though I'd bet the older atheros 
chipsets would be good (and now everyone yell at me for being wrong, eh? 
:-p).

Amusingly, at home we just replaced an old 450mhz amd machine running 
devil linux as a gateway/firewall with a Linksys wrt54gl running dd-wrt. 
You may want to look into that if you want a small form-factor linux 
machine that'll act as a good router and guaranteed chipset support. Not 
amazing if you want a good hacking/learning experience mucking around 
with the guts of iptables though :-P....

If you want something a bit more hackable, but still similar, I've heard 
good things about the avila chips (http://www.gateworks.com/) , and 
there's cerainly other such products.
--Aaron
JT wrote:
> I am setting up a server to act as a gateway/firewall for the house,
> replacing a d-link router/wap.  Of course, the d-link does the job
> perfectly, but its fun to screw things up and have everyone in the
> house yell at you, and learn a bit in the process.  I know that you
> can use a PCI wifi card and have it act as an access point, but I
> think only some cards let you do that, and some are better than
> others.  While I have a general idea of which brands to stay away
> from, can anyone recommend a rock solid brand/chipset to use in this
> server?
>
> Thanks.
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