[NCLUG] Software WEP/WPA in Linux gateway?

[Warren Turkal]

On Thursday 27 July 2006 21:49, Marcio Luis Teixeira wrote:
> I would like to experiment with a wireless network that supports both
> trusted and untrusted users. With wireless routers, I know it's pretty much
> an all or nothing proposition -- either I turn on encryption for everyone
> or I turn it off for everyone.
>
> What I am wondering is whether I can enable WEP (or WPA) on my clients,
> leave it off on my wireless router, but have the encrypted packets be
> decrypted by an upstream gateway running Linux before passing on to my
> local network. This gateway would also handle unencrypted packets for
> untrusted users, but would subject them to logging and/or restrictions.

You might consider broadcasting multiple SSIDs. You then use the SSID to 
assign traffic to VLANs. The VLANs can then be routed differently to achieve 
your goal.

wt
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Warren Turkal, Research Associate III/Systems Administrator
Colorado State University, Dept. of Atmospheric Science