[NTLUG:Discuss] Linux app as a wireless access point

[MadHat]

On Jan 5, 2004, at 9:13 AM, Richard Geoffrion wrote:

> Does anyone know of / use  a Linux based application that can turn a 
> wireless
> nic into an access point?  I'm not looking for a WAP distro like say.. 
> LEAF,
> but rather an application I can run on my existing Slackware server.
>
> Hmm...what if LEAF were run in User-Mode Linux? ( 
> http://usermodelinux.org )
> I guess that would make the access point app more secure....
>
> thoughts anyone?
>

Any linux box with a Wireless NIC should work as long as routing is 
enabled.

http://angerman.net/articles/wap/

I have not used these instructions, but I have done similar things with 
scripts to prove that you can gain access to a machine that has a NIC 
left in when there isn't a WAP present.