laptop into access point?

[Bill Davidsen]

Manuel Arostegui Ramirez wrote:
> El Viernes, 29 de Febrero de 2008 15:49, Mark Greenbank escribió:
>> Hello, I'm looking for a HOW TO that describes how to turn my laptop
>> (Fedora Core 5, yes I know it's old) into a wireless access point. Does
>> anyone have some references?
>>
> 
> Well, you just need a couple of iptables rules, as long as you have your 
> wireless card properly configurated.
> This what I'm using to use my laptop as a gateway to a wired network (notice 
> I'm turning it into an ad-hoc mode)
> 
> #!/bin/bash
> iwconfig eth0 mode ad-hoc
> iwconfig eth0 essid AP
> iwconfig eth0 key s:yourkey
> iwconfig eth0 channel 6
> ifconfig eth0 192.168.70.1 up
> iptables -t nat -I POSTROUTING -o eth1 -j MASQUERADE
> iptables -I FORWARD -i eth0 -j ACCEPT
> echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
> 
> Hope this helps
> Manuel
> 
THANK YOU!

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