- Building my own wireless ADSL modem/router
- Posted by Terry Eden on July 6th, 2003
As I can't find a combined 802.11g/ethernet routher/ADSL modem, I thought
I'd try and roll my own.
If I get a cheapo PC and shove in...
a Belkin PCI 802.11g card
(http://www.redstore.com/fx/techinfo....code=BELNET173)
and a Conexant PCI ADSL modem
(http://www.redstore.com/fx/techinfo....code=CNEFAX001)
Would this work as an wireless router for my broadband connection?
I'm going to start off by using WinXP but then migrate it to Linux (just for
fun!) - what 11g cards and ADSL modems work best with Linux?
Any advice appreciated.
Terry
(Followups set to uk.telecom.broadband)
- Posted by Draxen on July 6th, 2003
"Terry Eden" <usenet@bluemole.co.uk> wrote in message
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It should work yeah, personally I'd just do it with Linux right off. WinXP
is okay for games, multimedia and general eye candy but this needs a grown
up O/S.
The Belkin should work out of the box with most recent (6 months) Linux
distro's. There's a HOWTO on the Conexant, can't remember the URL, by all
reports it seems to work nicely. I've been running a similar setup for over
two years now, just using different kit. My kit's based on an old P166
running Redhat 7.2 and it's fast, stable, secure and free. Hmmm, I've made
trickier choices than that in the past 
- Posted by Ian G Batten on July 6th, 2003
In article <be9iqo$2lorr$1@ID-89774.news.dfncis.de>,
Terry Eden <usenet@bluemole.co.uk> wrote:
Setting up Linux as an AP is doable, but not a five second job. I don't
think it's at all easy with XP. I rolled my own DSL router and firewall
from Linux with ipchains and the userspace Frog support, but bought a
dumb AP --- when an 802.11X card is of the order of fifty quid, and a
base station is less than a hundred, it just doesn't seem worth the
effort.
ian
- Posted by Keith Roberts on July 6th, 2003
I am using a dedicated firewall box ( www.ipcop.org ) with ethernet ADSL
link and a wireless router attached to the other side of the firewall - I
use a standard Linksys 802.11g router with an ethernet connection but any
should work ok.
Terry Eden wrote:
- Posted by John on July 7th, 2003
How about instead of a Belkin PCI 802.11g card you use a PCI NIC connected
to a hub and then a 802.11g AccessPoint connected to the hub. This setup
allows more wireless and wired connections if later desired.
"Terry Eden" <usenet@bluemole.co.uk> wrote in message
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- Posted by Stroller on July 10th, 2003
"Terry Eden" <usenet@bluemole.co.uk> wrote in message news:<be9iqo$2lorr$1@ID-89774.news.dfncis.de>...
PCI ADSL modems are notoriously hard to find drivers for under Linux -
a year or two ago, it simply wasn't possible. I see from this
http://tinyurl.com/givg search that there are links explaining how to
do this under Linux, so it's surely do-able, but I doubt if I'd
describe the process as "just fun!"
If you're not happy recompiling your kernel under Linux, then forget
it. Unix (Linux) often takes some messing around & learning to get set
up - it can often be quite bewildering and a pain - but compensates
for this in reliability. I regularly get uptimes on my server of 100+
days - I only ever seem to power it down for hardware changes.
A Linux system will be immensely more reliable than WinXP, but
although cheaper than an all-in-one off-the-shelf hardware solution,
there is still more to go wrong with it than a stand-alone router.
Stroller.
- Posted by Keith Roberts on July 10th, 2003
Have a look at www.ipcop.org this is a Linux firewall that will work with
internal PCI ADSL modem cards ( or external - USB or ethernet ) and you can
put a ethernet wireless access point on it
Stroller wrote:
