Turn a laptop into a Wireless Access Point

[CyberNerd]

The problem:

Connect Wii to broadband. (clearly an xmass project )

 

I don't have:

wireless access point

a wired network card for the wii

 

I do have:

Wii with built in wireless

wired broadband router

laptop, that connects to wired broadband router

borrowed wireless card for laptop

Xububtu

 

Question:

Is there a way of creating a bridge between the wirless nic and the wired nic on the laptop and thus turning it into an access point- or do I need to turn the laptop into a router?

If so where do i start.

thanks

[Ric_]

Google gives a number of HOWTOs on this subject... "Linux AP" seems a reasonable search term... however I cannot find anything in particular to help you at the moment since the County [not so]smartfilter blocks them all :?

[buzzard]

Google gives a number of HOWTOs on this subject... "Linux AP" seems a reasonable search term... however I cannot find anything in particular to help you at the moment since the County [not so]smartfilter blocks them all :?

 

I know that feeling, damn helpful of them!

[CyberNerd]

Thanks, sometimes all that is needed is 'thinking out of the box' when it comes to google search terms. Anyway I found this IBM page that deals with exactly what I need without any routing.

Give me something interesting to do during the Queens' speech

 

http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-wap.html

[Geoff]

Also flick through the links here.

 

http://www.linux-wireless.org/Wireless/AP/

 

The important thing to remember is that your Wifi cards drivers need to support:

 

iwconfig xxx mode Master

[john]

Just stick XP Pro on it and click the two network cards and select Bridge Connections, problem solved

[CyberNerd]

Buying a dedicated access point would be cheaper, previous posts solved the problem.

thanks though