[plug] Wireless Access Point Options

Bernd Felsche berfel at innovative.iinet.net.au
Fri Jul 17 11:08:42 WST 2009


Michael Holland <michael.holland at gmail.com> wrote:
>Trevor Phillips wrote:

>> Is it as simple as getting any PCI Wireless card, or is the external
>> WAP the better solution? Any other ideas/suggestions?

>Not just any card. You need one that has Linux drivers supporting Master 
>mode. And of course the external WAP is a lot easier, and still cheap. 
>Just get a new one, and disable the built-in DHCP.

A separate WAP is a good idea. Especially one that can run on PoE;
either (af) standard or "custom". That means you can put it where it
works best, which is not necessarily where you have your router.
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