General Questions

Ok I'm trying to find a workaround and think monowall might be a solution, just need to know if this will actually work. I live in a apartment situation where the landlord share a cable connection with a few apartments. Unfortunately the connection is provided by comcast who's provided router will only serve 5 IP addresses. To get around the problem I'm looking for a router than can pick up a wireless signal as it's WAN connection, and then DHCP to a lan. Is Monowall capable of this?

Ari

yes. The monowall will only use one of the 5 comcast ip addresses and route all your traffic through it.

billmakr:

But can it do so over wireless? I need it to be able to hookup to the initial comcast router wirelessly.

I guess a better way to put it is Monowall capable of being a wireless G wan to lan router?

I think so, though I have not tried it.  You would need a compatible wireless card and the assign it to be the WAN interface.  Configure card in the Wireless Card page to connect to the Landlord's AP.

markb:

Thanks for the post! I'm gonna give it a shot, I've got a older laptop with a pcmcia atheros card. I'll let you know how it goes!

Ari