Re: [gentoo-user] Qucik and (not so) dirty WLAN setup

Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> [15-07-25 09:52]:
> On Saturday 25 Jul 2015 04:25:34 Meino.Cramer@×××.de wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > since the topic "WLAN/Wifi" is a wide area and I am only a pedestrian
> > (and a not native english speaker too), I want to ask for a keyword or
> > terminus technicus, what I need to search for...
> >
> > Wanted setup:
> > I Wifi connection between a tablet PC (android) and Gentoo Linux PC.
> > I definitely dont want any other to access neither the tablet nor the
> > PC.
> >
> > So...do I need a 'Hotspot' or what name does the setup has, which
> > I need to build on my Gentoo Linux PC?
> >
> > Thank you very much in advance for any help!
> > Best regards,
> > Meino
>
> You need to set up a wireless Host Access Point on your PC and secure it with
> WPA2.  If you are really paranoid about attacks of the wireless connection,
> you can set up more advanced (enterprise) authentication between the access
> point and the tablet using SSL certificates and/or a RADIUS server.  This
> would probably be an overkill for a domestic environment with a single device.
>
> As alternative, if more than WPA2 network security is a must, it would be
> easier to set up a VPN tunnel between the two devices, or SSH SOCKS5 server on
> the PC and something like proxychains on the client.
>
> For setting up hostapd have a look here:
>
>  https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Hostapd
>
> --
> Regards,
> Mick

Hi Mick,

thank you for the translation Meino=>Wifi and Wifi=>Meino :) :)

Short "second" question:
Is it possible to limit the devices, which could connect to the access
point, to some MACs ?
(I know, this is not 100% secure, since even those could be faked, but
the average script kiddy may be block for a while.)

Best regards,
Meino