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Date:  Fri, 12 Dec 2003 19:16:33 -0500
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From:  Lewis G Rosenthal <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
To:  os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com
Subject: [OS2Wireless] OS/2 Access Point

Interestingly enough, Sam, most AP's run embedded Linux. you can do 
quite a few things with a PC functioning as an AP, particularly in the 
realm of proxy and authentication. True, you could set up a standalone 
AP, a couple NICs in a box, and an external bridge, but if you could 
shrink it all down into one nifty little box which could theoretically 
sit on a shelf, you've actually created a network appliance. Believe it 
or not, there are indeed uses for these things.

On 12/12/2003 06:53 pm, Sam Lewis thus wrote :

> John Poltorak wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 03:32:35PM -0600, Sam Lewis wrote:
>>  
>>
>>> Lewis G Rosenthal wrote:
>>>
>>>   
>>>
>>>> On 12/11/2003 09:41 am, Sam Lewis thus wrote :
>>>>
>>>>     
>>>>
>>>>> Are you guy's talking about using an OS/2 Desktop system with a 
>>>>> wireless NIC as an Access Point?
>>>>>       
>>>>
>>>> Yes!
>>>>
>>>>     
>>>
>>> Why?  Access Points are so cheap it doesn't make sense to tie up a 
>>> PC for it.  I guess it would be one of those neat and nifty things 
>>> to be able to do but no real benefit.  Or am I missing something?
>>>   
>>
>>
>> Yes.
>>
>> It isn't a matter of cost but of functionality.
>>
>> What I am looking for is an intelligent super server to work as a 
>> gateway to the Internet and provide Internet access to a local 
>> wireless based
>
> Well you could do that easily enough with two regular network cards in 
> your gateway computer running Injoy Firewall and then connect the 
> inexpensive Access Point to one NIC and your Cable modem or whatever 
> to the other NIC, the only thing you would need OS/2 driver's for is 
> the networks cards.  Or use a router with a built in firewall, nat and 
> wireless access point.
>
> Is it very common to have Access Point software in other OS's?  I've 
> never heard of it, but I am new to Wireless networks.
>
-- 
Lewis 
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