Turning your PC into a Wireless WAP or Router

This is exactly what I'm looking to do. I know of only one software package
out there that will do this, but it is a big company and doubt it would be
cheap. its called Segue, the program is Soft Access Point Module.

Anyways, using pretty much any standard WiFi PCI card in a PC, is there is a
'relatively' simple way to turn your machine into a router or WAP? I though
just putting it on AD-HOC and sharing the internet over the signal...but I
dont know.

You dont have to be untechnical, i'm a 4th year Comp.Sci. university student
But any help would be appreciated.

Cheers!
Kailey

"Kailey Joanette" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> This is exactly what I'm looking to do. I know of only one software
> package out there that will do this, but it is a big company and doubt
> it would be cheap. its called Segue, the program is Soft Access Point
> Module.
>
> Anyways, using pretty much any standard WiFi PCI card in a PC, is
> there is a 'relatively' simple way to turn your machine into a router
> or WAP? I though just putting it on AD-HOC and sharing the internet
> over the signal...but I dont know.

Yeah, it's out there on Google as far as the router is concerned, if
you're talking MS.

Duane

I am talking MS....but I've been searching all morning to find nothing
Segue I found no prob...but I'm notabout to pay like 300+$ to have my PC act
as a router

If you have any inkling as to what to look for, let me know!

Thanks
Kailey

"Duane Arnold" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Kailey Joanette" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> news:(E-Mail Removed):
>
> > This is exactly what I'm looking to do. I know of only one software
> > package out there that will do this, but it is a big company and doubt
> > it would be cheap. its called Segue, the program is Soft Access Point
> > Module.
> >
> > Anyways, using pretty much any standard WiFi PCI card in a PC, is
> > there is a 'relatively' simple way to turn your machine into a router
> > or WAP? I though just putting it on AD-HOC and sharing the internet
> > over the signal...but I dont know.
>
> Yeah, it's out there on Google as far as the router is concerned, if
> you're talking MS.
>
> Duane

Why not use Microsoft's ICS and Ad Hoc for sharing the Internet?

"Kailey Joanette" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> This is exactly what I'm looking to do. I know of only one software
package
> out there that will do this, but it is a big company and doubt it would be
> cheap. its called Segue, the program is Soft Access Point Module.
>
> Anyways, using pretty much any standard WiFi PCI card in a PC, is there is
a
> 'relatively' simple way to turn your machine into a router or WAP? I
though
> just putting it on AD-HOC and sharing the internet over the signal...but I
> dont know.
>
> You dont have to be untechnical, i'm a 4th year Comp.Sci. university
student
> But any help would be appreciated.
>
> Cheers!
> Kailey
>
>

Is it that simple? I have looked it up and it sounds like it would be, but
I have also heard some people say they couldn't get it to work.

I'll see once I get a wireless card for my PC.

Thanks.


"John" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Why not use Microsoft's ICS and Ad Hoc for sharing the Internet?
>
> "Kailey Joanette" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > This is exactly what I'm looking to do. I know of only one software
> package
> > out there that will do this, but it is a big company and doubt it would
be
> > cheap. its called Segue, the program is Soft Access Point Module.
> >
> > Anyways, using pretty much any standard WiFi PCI card in a PC, is there
is
> a
> > 'relatively' simple way to turn your machine into a router or WAP? I
> though
> > just putting it on AD-HOC and sharing the internet over the signal...but
I
> > dont know.
> >
> > You dont have to be untechnical, i'm a 4th year Comp.Sci. university
> student
> > But any help would be appreciated.
> >
> > Cheers!
> > Kailey
> >
> >
>
>

"John" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Why not use Microsoft's ICS and Ad Hoc for sharing the Internet?

This should work. Also, you might try network bridging, although it appears
that there may be a problem bridging some wifi cards to Ethernet. Search for
the article
Bridge May Not Work With a Non-Promiscuous Mode Network Adapter

in the Microsoft Knowledge base.

BTW, you won't be able to run your wifi client card as an actual AP. You can
run it in ad-hoc mode, and if your only purpose is to provide shared access
to the internet to 3 or 4 other hosts, there's no important difference.

>
> "Kailey Joanette" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > This is exactly what I'm looking to do. I know of only one software
> package
> > out there that will do this, but it is a big company and doubt it would
be
> > cheap. its called Segue, the program is Soft Access Point Module.
> >
> > Anyways, using pretty much any standard WiFi PCI card in a PC, is there
is
> a
> > 'relatively' simple way to turn your machine into a router or WAP? I
> though
> > just putting it on AD-HOC and sharing the internet over the signal...but
I
> > dont know.
> >
> > You dont have to be untechnical, i'm a 4th year Comp.Sci. university
> student
> > But any help would be appreciated.
> >
> > Cheers!
> > Kailey
> >
> >
>
>

"Kailey Joanette" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
news:(E-Mail Removed):

> I am talking MS....but I've been searching all morning to find nothing
> Segue I found no prob...but I'm notabout to pay like 300+$ to have
> my PC act as a router
>
> If you have any inkling as to what to look for, let me know!
>
> Thanks
> Kailey
>
> "Duane Arnold" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:Xns941F6D3B1B1E2darnold92insightbbco@216.148. 227.77...
>> "Kailey Joanette" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
>> news:(E-Mail Removed):
>>
>> > This is exactly what I'm looking to do. I know of only one
>> > software package out there that will do this, but it is a big
>> > company and doubt it would be cheap. its called Segue, the program
>> > is Soft Access Point Module.
>> >
>> > Anyways, using pretty much any standard WiFi PCI card in a PC, is
>> > there is a 'relatively' simple way to turn your machine into a
>> > router or WAP? I though just putting it on AD-HOC and sharing the
>> > internet over the signal...but I dont know.
>>
>> Yeah, it's out there on Google as far as the router is concerned, if
>> you're talking MS.
>>
>> Duane
>
>

Really, all you have to do is install two network cards on a MS NT based
O/S machine. One facing the Internet connected to the modem. The other
card facing the LAN with ICS enabled on the card. Then you can use a
stand alone hub or switch -- the switch is better and plug it into the
the LAN card. Then you plug each machine into the hub or switch. Each
machine connected to the hub or switch will get a DHCP IP from the router
machine. The NT based machine has DHCP services running on the machine.

http://www.homenethelp.com/web/explain/about-NAT.asp

The first paragraph or two talks about NAT and MS's ICS.

I hope you're going to run a host based FW on the machine.

You may want to harden the machine to attack -- link talks about all the
MS O/S(s)

http://www.uksecurityonline.com/husdg/windows2000.php

You may want to look-up what a Bastion Host is about.

Duane

Kailey Joanette wrote:

> I am talking MS....but I've been searching all morning to find nothing
> Segue I found no prob...but I'm notabout to pay like 300+$ to have my PC act
> as a router
>
> If you have any inkling as to what to look for, let me know!

You can build a free wireless access point using Linux as an operating system.
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ticle&artid=45