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Your Own Linux Wireless Access Point
prostoalex writes "Peter Seebach decided to build his own Linux-based 802.11b wireless access point. The article on IBM DeveloperWorks talks about the hardware and software requirements, implementing the operating system on the CompactFlash card, loading Apache and Perl onto the server. The build-it-yourself wireless point is not going to be cheaper than commercially available products, but its educational value is immense." And HaeMaker writes "We have all seen the 802.11b/g booster made from a Pringles can. Well, these guys have taken the idea, put some math behind it to find the optimal can size and have turned it in to a cool product."
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Its better because now he can spend his time in his mother's basement tweaking his l33t linux access point instead of going outside to meet girls.
Wait...
Linux as a platform for network appliance sounds like a marraige made in hell. It's a great desktop operating system, but it doesnt scale well into small places, has a lot of bloat, and tends to consume resources.
Of course, security should always be of great concern, and this is why WinCE has made such headway with internet devices as of late - it was created delibirately to be small, robust, secure and stable - everything youd want from your network.
Of course, it must be noted, that linux was written in C which makes it very good, since C is object oriented.
I don't need no instructions to know how to rock!!!!
Using technical knowledge, some neato hardware and Open Source resources I made a Wireless Access Point using Linux.
It was really, really hard but well worth it and the Earth was saved.
The End.
The surprise isn't how often we make bad choices; the surprise is how seldom they defeat us.
The build-it-yourself wireless point is not going to be cheaper than commercially available products, but its educational value is immense.
I guess even users with excellent karma can't be expected to read these days =(
Why is a Super Cantenna more powerful than a home-made Pringles can? linkage
What I want to know is why bother making your own Pringles can.....?
I totally agree. Linux is great for those fun projects like networked toasters, or MP3 serving coffee tables.
Now if I could only get a VIA EPIA and 6" Touch LCD for the same price* as linux I'd be set.
Im dreaming ofa big bndwdth, That can resist the
If it took you this far to realize it was a joke, you are: a genius
It's a great desktop operating system
If it took you this far to realize it was a joke, you are: pretty enlightened
but it doesnt scale well into small places
If it took you this far to realize it was a joke, you are: about average
Of course, security should always be of great concern, and this is why WinCE
If it took you this far to realize it was a joke, you are: fading fast
that linux was written in C which makes it very good, since C is object oriented
If it took you this far to realize it was a joke, you are: breathing my air. Please stop
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Im dreaming ofa big bndwdth, That can resist the
Whoa, if your CF cards are that radioactive, you're buying them from the wrong place!