Wireless Hacking: Projects for Wi-Fi Enthusiasts

Chapter 6

Wireless Operating Systems

Topics in this Chapter:

 m0n0wall—Powerful, Elegant, Simple

 Pebble—Powerful, Raw, Complete

Introduction

In Chapter 4, “802.11 Access Points” we looked at some of the hardware available to build your own access point. In this chapter, we’ll examine some of the operating system distributions, or distros, you can use with the hardware. These are built upon either Linux or one of the BSD Unix derivatives like FreeBSD. In Chapter 8,“Low-Cost Commercial Options”, we’ll look at some of the commercially available ...