I have a tiny laptop, "toshiba libretto 100CT" 166Pentium with 32MB RAM. I have a proxim rangelan 802.11b card running to a 2watt WIFI AMP and out to an omni antenna. I have another cisco card plugged into the laptop also. The cisco card acts as a access point, and hands out dhcp addresses. Once connected to the laptop, I have a script I run that either connects to the strongest access point, or lists all access points it sees, the a SSID can be passed as a ARG and it connects to that specific AP. Once connected to am AP it uses IPTABLES to IP Masquerade the traffic, thus allowing the 770 to connect to an access point it could not reach.


Obiously this is not a practical solution, and the AMP will cost upward $500. My left over toys from my war driving days !! They come in handy now and again.