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And why is connecting amateur radio equipment to the internet illegal?

Amateur radio operators have been using the internet as a transport and control link for many years. An example of this is Echolink: http://www.echolink.org/

Amateur radio connectivity to the internet is not illegal in most if not all of the remaining world. I don't know why France would be any different.

and google (with the quotes on): "radio over tcp" to geta bunch of data on this alternative way of acessing the InterNet :)

Um- I think you need to be a bit less security concious,

Firewall has always been disabled.
Also disabled SPI Firewall

Your access point is a 2nd NAT router.
Yes

It needs to be within the same subnet as the rest of your system.
Always has been.
192.168.0.xxx
255.255.255.0

You need to open up so that no TCP/UDP ports are filtered.
Its just a basic NAT, no firewall. But EchoLink ports are forwarded to
a specific machine, but besides that nothing special.

In addition to that, you'd probably need all the computers for the LAN party in the DMZ.

Both Netgears I purchased only allow me to DMZ one machine

There is some recent salvation of Ham radio through the internet itself, believe it or not!

There are 2 new (relatively) systems called IRLP and another called EchoLink. These use the internet to link Ham repeater sites all over the world, using streaming audio (like "RealAudio") between stations.

There are nearly 1000 nodes in IRLP, my repeater uses that protocol, and I'm not sure but EchoLink probably has a similar number of nodes as well.

This is helping to unite Ham radio interests with those related to the internet. This is also providing new Hams, most of which are Technician class and have no "HF" or long-distance communications privileges, a means to talk outside of their local repeater area for a change.

Previously, operating on Field Day or going over to an "Elmer's" house and having him let you work the low bands was the only DX (long distance) exposure most new Hams would ever get. These new internet linking systems are helping to make that experince more readily available. Before the internet became popular, talking to someone in a strange and foreign land was a rare and exciting experience.

Alas, there's still no Linux version of Echolink, which is a pretty clever combination of ham radio and the Internet.

Especially when you consider such projects that combine both ham technology and the internet (voip) like echolink and irlp where they use Linux.

I'm a big fan wireless technology and it's one of the reason's that I just got my ham license. The old stigma of a bunch of old cranky guys on ham will be a thing of the past.

From the ARRL website:

The effort, called the Commemorative 9/11 Net, is being spearheaded by Len Signoretti, N2LEN, of Brooklyn, New York. N2LEN's 440.050 MHz (CTCSS 114.8 Hz) internet-linked repeater covers the Greater New York City area. The linkup will rely on either EchoLink or eQSO Internet software connections. Signoretti said his UHF machine is used as a central hub to coordinate EchoLink and eQSO, so users on each can communicate. The net will attempt to interconnect repeaters in all 50 US states as well as in many other countries around the world.

Amateurs can download free EchoLink or eQSO software from the Internet. While there is no listen-only capability on the Internet, many local VHF and UHF repeaters are expected to take part in the commemorative linkup.

The Commemorative 9/11 Net is scheduled to get under way at 8 PM Eastern Daylight Time (0000 UTC September 12) on the EchoLink and eQSO servers and could run as long as two hours. Haynie (ARRL President) is scheduled to address the cyberspace and RF-linked gathering at around 9 PM EDT.