Can i make a Linux box, ac as WLAN access point?

Well i need to make a secure WLAN. I have a Linux box working as a
router. Well now i need to extend it with WLAN. Is that possible? I
mean can I use a normal WLAN pci card, and then my WLAN notebook can
connect to it? Its because i want the WLAN to be secure using IPSEC,
and be sure that only the PC allowed by me can connect to it.

/Michael

Michael wrote:

> Well i need to make a secure WLAN. I have a Linux box working as a
> router. Well now i need to extend it with WLAN. Is that possible? I
> mean can I use a normal WLAN pci card, and then my WLAN notebook can
> connect to it? Its because i want the WLAN to be secure using IPSEC,
> and be sure that only the PC allowed by me can connect to it.

You certainly can and I've done it here, using the CIPE VPN, though I used
an external wireless "router" for the wireless connection.

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Look at CDRouter and M0n0wall (those are zeros). I'm working on doing the
same with M0n0wall.

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> Michael wrote:
>
> > Well i need to make a secure WLAN. I have a Linux box working as a
> > router. Well now i need to extend it with WLAN. Is that possible? I
> > mean can I use a normal WLAN pci card, and then my WLAN notebook can
> > connect to it? Its because i want the WLAN to be secure using IPSEC,
> > and be sure that only the PC allowed by me can connect to it.
>
> You certainly can and I've done it here, using the CIPE VPN, though I used
> an external wireless "router" for the wireless connection.
>
> --
>
> Fundamentalism is fundamentally wrong.
>
> To reply to this message, replace everything to the left of "@" with
> james.knott.