Thread: N900 as a Wifi Hotspot
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rambo is offline rambo
2010-01-03 , 20:57
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Originally Posted by Netweaver View Post
great !
This serves fine as a 'wifi router' UP script.
Can you also put the DOWN scriptlet, to return the N900 to a normal state, pre-router state ?
I'm working (when I happen to have time) on something slightly more comprehensive: the mobile hotspot.

The hotspot_backend.py script will do the setup/teardown cleanly eventually (now it's a bit work in progress still and there is absolutely no UI [or any other way than editing the script] to select GPRS connection name etc)

Originally Posted by Netweaver View Post
Some quick questions, thinking of my already strapped for space and battery stamina device, what's the impact of adding the new kernel modules on performance/memory/battery life ? Or is there hardly any impact as long as the new functions are not used ?
As long as the modules are not loaded into the kernel they just use space (and not much of it either if you have only modules that you intend to use from time to time installed...)

Originally Posted by Netweaver View Post
Is iptables optified ? Or can't it be, as it's more OS oriented ?
iptables is small (400k deb) but I don't think there isn't any reason why it couldn't be optified.

In theory even the modules could be installed outside the rootfs but that's asking for trouble.
 

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