Thread: Using the N800 as an WiFi Access Point
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2008-01-21 , 15:21
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Originally Posted by ranasing View Post
Is that a hardware limitation or just that there's no software available to do this?
- AFAIK, there should be no restriction on the ability of the n800's Wifi to forward packets...

- if someone ports netfilter (iptables) to maemo, then it's a simple matter...

- you're asking to perform NAT, right? (what linux folks generally call IP masquerading)...

- the only hurdle i've seen so far is the following being required to use a USB adapter:

gconftool -s -t string /system/osso/connectivity/IAP/DEFAULT/type DUMMY

(iwconfig will most likely be required for command-line setup of the wifi interface, which *should* be doable)

- please note that i have not done this! more experienced folks may want to chime in here with specifics or actual experience on limitations...

- alternatively, an HE release (hacker edition) may be required and should most definitely work!

hope this helps...