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The choice of software for the router (Ethernet, Wi-Fi)

Hello.

I need a software (standalone program [for common Linux distribution] or preconfigured distribution or specialized distributive) for my old computer (Celeron 700 mhz, 128 RAM) which i want to use as home router.

Requirements:
1. Ethernet and Wi-Fi support. Software must can be both as wi-fi access point and wi-fi client.

2. It must have a web page for configuring all parameters (including Wi-FI configuring both client and access point modes!!!).

3. It must be based on one of the most popular Linux distributions with 2.6.18+ core (Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora etc), because only they have driver for my wi-fi card. Unfortunally there is not driver (for my wi-fi card) support in FreeBSD.

openWRT, pfSense, Mikrotik, freesco, monowall, clearOS doesnt allow my requiremenets for different reasons. Need something else.

So the biggest problem is the second item that i've writed above. Quite difficult to find a program that can to configure Wi-Fi from the web interface. But I hope that this is possible.

In fact I even helped out a separate program that would be a Web-based or client-server application that allows me to configure wi-fi from client computer.

The server will have no both of Xorg and whatever windows manager. Only the CLI! Please keep this in mind.

p.s. sorry for my bad english.

Well, I would just put Vyatta on the box and purchase a separate WAP to handle the wi-fi.

Em.. tell me whats mean "separate WAP"?

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Originally Posted by Richard_Linux (Post 4430871)

Em.. tell me whats mean "separate WAP"?

I think that he wants his machine to be the router so using a WAP probably would not work.

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Originally Posted by alan99 (Post 4430936)

I think that he wants his machine to be the router so using a WAP probably would not work.

Vyatta on the box would be the router - and I see no reason why it would not work, I have set up many networks this way.

By using a separate WAP (Wireless Access Point - like the Dlink DWL-7100AP for example), you eliminate any driver issues for wi-fi cards.

I realize this doesn't provide an all in one box solution, but it meets all the OP's other requirements. Vyatta has a web gui for config...and whatever WAP you use will have it's own web gui for config.