i don't have any experience with the hostap stuff but i've running a spare freebsd box in ad-hoc mode with nocatauth and i've been pretty impressed with this. i was thinking that i would be willing to present a few topologies that allow the sharing of an access point w/o giving all the b/w away, as well as a nocatauth preso. however, i know that i would really appreciate some information on GPSs. i'm looking for a GPS for myself and i would appreciate any info that people have on their experiences with the garmin etrex products, especially in conjunction with gpsdrive. when last we saw our hero (Monday, May 20, 2002), Andy Warner was madly tapping out: > Clay Fandre wrote: > > Anyone interested in giving a talk at the next TCLUG meeting? (June > > 8th) I'd like to have the topic "Wireless with Linux" or something. > > Maybe bring in an AP and configure a 802.11 card in Linux. Anyone > > using a GPS with Linux? > > How about using Linux as your AP ? I've been having a blast goofing > around with the hostap driver, and it's a fairly natural fit with > anyone using Linux as their firewall. -- steve ulrich sulrich at botwerks.org PGP: 8D0B 0EE9 E700 A6CF ABA7 AE5F 4FD4 07C9 133B FAFC