[LUGSB] Network card for Linux Access Point?

[Aaron Pellman-Isaacs]

ack, so much for proofreading. I meant the older smc chipsets would be 
good, but stay away from atheros chipsets, somehow half my sentence went 
untyped, makes for a very different email... :-P
--Aaron

Aaron Pellman-Isaacs wrote:
> 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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