-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 06/28/08 22:05, Gregory Seidman wrote: > On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 10:04:52PM +0200, oneman wrote: >> On 28-jun-2008, at 18:30, Gregory Seidman wrote: >> >>> I have a mini case with a VIA motherboard and CPU. It has an on-board >>> ethernet port. I'd like to use it as a Linux firewall/NAT router to >>> replace the (wired only) LinkSys I have now. It only has one PCI slot, >>> but I want to be able to provide both wired and wireless LAN access. I'm >>> looking for both hardware suggestions (i.e. a PCI card with both wired >>> and wireless ethernet that is supported by the kernel in stable) and >>> configuration help.
Adding all this extra equipment is going to cost you *much* more than buying a Linksys WRT56GL and reflashing it with the Tomato or DD-WRT firmware. >> Maybe not the answer that you were looking for. But seeing what your >> requirements are, I'd simply add a two or four port ethernet card to the >> case and plug a wireless bridge into one of the ports. This would be a >> hassle free setup and give you all the options you need without having to >> hunt down that probably rare or non existent card with both wireless and >> wired. This would also give you the future proof posibility to add >> another wireless bridge when a new and better standard is hitting the >> market. (I love to have both 802.11b and 802.11n bridges on my network, >> so I can have the 802.11n bridge running at its fastest setting). > > Good advice. Suggestions on make/model for a multiport card supported by > the stable distribution's kernel? Intel cards have been well-supported for ages. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA "Kittens give Morbo gas. In lighter news, the city of New New York is doomed." -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkhnBL4ACgkQS9HxQb37XmdUTQCffJfJqGopd8pNJx9oO5lYXS20 pIgAnRa6/hD8upgVpWHP4jZ+HLvWbUMl =7rWQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
