On Sat, September 10, 2016 12:12 pm, Arun Khan wrote: > On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 3:40 AM, C. L. Martinez <carlopmart at gmail.com> > wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I would like to install/test CentOS 7.X as a hostap for my home. I am >> thinking to use an Alfa (http://www.alfa.com.tw) usb wireless adapter >> or TP-Link. >>BUt there is not much information in Alfa's or TP-Link's web sites about >> which of them can run as a HostAP. > > I would suggest use openWRT Alternative to consider would be pfsense (based on FreeBsd): https://www.pfsense.org/ Works excellent for me (I have a few of them around). Valeri -- it is designed for WiFi and the foot > print is small (around 60MB). It has a lot of additional packages > (captive portal, WAN load balancing etc.) that you can install as per > your needs. I have used it on a Raspberry PI with USB WiFi dongles > (Realtek chip set). You can conceivably run it as a virtual appliance > with USB pass through to the h/w. > > On Alpha's web site one of the slide show images show openWRT along > with their USB WiFi adapter. > I would suggest contact Alpha's Tech support to get specific model > number and driver (chip set) it uses. Also visit openWRT web site > and/or mailing list. > > -- Arun Khan > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Phone: 773-702-4247 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++