Access Point

Introduction

This tutorial describes how to add Access Point functionality to your LMCE core. The core will act as a WiFi access point permitting wireless devices to connect to the core the internal network and the internet.

Hardware setup

• Dell Optiplex Gx620
• WiFi card with Atheros chipset (using madwifi drivers)
• Linux MCE 810 alpha2

Overview

the idea is to combine or bridge eth1 and ath0 to a new virtual interface called br0.

• -> eth0 connects to my ADSL modem (192.168.5.0)
• -> eth1 connects to my internal LAN switch (192.168.80.0)
• -> ath0 connects the wireless part of my internal network (192.168.80.0)

Needed packages

• hostapd
• bridge

Config files

/etc/network/interfaces

/etc/default/dhcp.conf

/etc/default/dhcpd3/dhcpd.conf

Enable WPA encryption

• edit the /etc/hostapd