On Thu, May 16, 2002 at 02:46:20PM -0700, Brock Nanson <bnanson_at_true.bc.ca> wrote:
> Have a look at leaf.sourceforge.net and specifically the bering package.
> It will run wireless cards and FreeS/WAN 1.97. I haven't put IPSec on
> the wireless branch of mine yet, but don't see why it shouldn't work.
> This would effectively eliminate your AP and could also provide firewall
> functionality to the Internet (I have two NICs and wireless card, soon
> will have three NICs and the card).
>
> I don't think the question is whether this would work, but how much
> horsepower you will need to saturate your links. If you have the bits
> and pieces in your junk room, it shouldn't cost you anything.
I'm familiar with all of the leaf projects. What I'm really looking
for, though, is just the configuration information to make the Linux/
Freeswan end of things work. I already have a full-blown linux box
up and running to provide web and e-mail services, plus samba file
serving for the wired portion of my network. I prefer to keep the AP
(for two reasons -- one, since I've paid for it, I'd like to use it --
and two, I prefer the organization and extra level of security that
the separate device provides [I'm also going to be doing mac address
filtering in the AP, in addition to a bunch of filtering on the Linux
machine]).
I'm sure I could do everything in a much simpler package, but I am
extremely paranoid about security. (I would hard wire the entire
network, but I'm not quite ready to start drilling holes all over a
brand new house :) )
-Bill
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