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| Newer page: | version 3 | Last edited on Sunday, March 2, 2003 4:11:51 pm | by GreigMcGill | Revert |
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Some examples of a WirelessEthernetBridge
* [WET11]
See EthernetBridge
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+!!Setting Up A Compaq WL200 Wireless Card as a Wireless Access Point
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+Note: These notes are [Debian] Specific.
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+# Download the latest kernel source - I used 2.4.20 at the time of writing.
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+# Grab all relevant wireless patches to your chosen kernel from [http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html].
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+# apt-get install wireless-tools
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+# Grab hostap from [http://hostap.epitest.fi]. I'm using version 2002-10-12.
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+# Grab pcmcia-cs from [http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net], and uninstall the existing package if it's installed (apt-get remove pcmcia-cs --purge).
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+# Unpack your kernel, and patch with the wireless extensions patches. Configure it - ensure you DISABLE pcmcia support and ENABLE wireless LAN support and 802.1d ethernet bridging. Make dep bzImage modules modules_install, install the image, and update your boot loader.
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+# Boot your new kernel - makes life easier! :)
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+# Unpack pcmcia-cs and hostap. Change into the hostap source directory, and copy drivers/* into /path/to/pcmcia-cs-x.x.x
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+# Change into your pcmcia-cs directory and make config, then make all, then make install.
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+# Edit /etc/defaults/pcmcia and add PCIC_OPTS='irq_mode=1 fast_pci=1'
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+# Edit /etc/modutils/aliases and add alias wlan0 hostap_cs, then run update-modules.
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+# OK, /etc/init.d/pcmcia start should now start your WL200 in AP mode! :) You can modify the startup options in /etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts
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+# To create a bridge, modify /etc/networking/interfaces:
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+auto br0%%%
+iface br0 inet static%%%
+ address 192.168.1.1%%%
+ network 192.168.1.0%%%
+ netmask 255.255.255.0%%%
+ broadcast 192.168.1.255%%%
+ bridge_ports wlan0 eth0%%%
+ up \%%%
+ /sbin/iwconfig wlan0 essid wlug && \%%%
+ /sbin/iwconfig wlan0 channel 1 && \%%%
+ /sbin/iwconfig wlan0 mode Master%%%
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+Hope this helps someone out there.
