OT: What we want are things that work; what we get is technology

[dsr-mzpnVDyJpH4k7aNtvndDlA at public.gmane.org (Dan Ritter)]

On Mon, Mar 08, 2010 at 03:50:25PM -0500, David Kramer wrote:
> Ben Eisenbraun wrote:
> > I ran like that for about a year, before I had a hankering to use MythTV
> > again and converted the file server back to linux, which necessitated
> > buying a standalone AP.  (Yes, I know I could massage the MythTV box into
> > being an AP, but I need my home router to more reliable than my MytvTV
> > machines have been.)
> 
> Huh.  I don't know why that didn't occur to me.  My server is already
> running 24/7, and I could have used firestarter to set up another
> intranet.  Anyone know what software I would have to use to set up a
> wireless network card as an access point?

A DHCP daemon, mostly, and a little routing configuration.

-dsr-


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