great! it doesn't hang anymore. and my GPRS connection is also still present. I'm not sure at which condition it disappeared before...

perhaps I can do some more testing tomorrow. I would like to try a kernel with minimal changes (i.e. only absolutely needed changes).

And should it be possible to activate WEP just by configuring a key in the backend script? I would like to try that also, because at least it would require a little more knowledge/software/criminal intend to break into my hotspot (my 3G volume is limited )