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Hi list, |
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i currently live in an appartment that has a very lousy |
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wlan-access-point for the people. There is an AP with dd-wrt and |
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WPA2-PSK... currently i only have wlan at the window in the kitchen and |
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my gentoo-pc which stands about 5m away from that does not even see the |
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ap while scanning. |
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As i also have a gentoo netbook, i thought about using this one as a |
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kind of repeater for the wlan. |
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Both have ath5k-cards, on the netbook i use wicd (as it changes the |
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networks more often...) on the PC i hardcoded the access-data in |
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wpa_supplicant.conf (as the ath5k is kind of "interim-solution" until |
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our house is built and i will have real wired network there) |
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Has anyone allready set up something like that? Which settings are |
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necessary, is the ath5k able to be used as repeater (as it has to be |
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client and ap at once...)? |
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The alternatives are a old Fritzbox 7140, a Netgear router and 2 |
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Fonera-Boxes (which all are packed in boxes and wait until the house is |
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ready). |
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So i really would prefer the solution with using the gentoo-netbook |
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instead of the routers... |
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Regards, |
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Jens |