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