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Is it possible to program a Wireless Access Point?


I need to modify the way the wireless access point handle its authentication method. Is it possible to change the behaviour of wireless access point a little bit? If so, by using what library? On what operating system?


Solution

  • This depends on various things, the first being whether your router can utilize custom firmware. Some routers like the Linksys WRT54G (pre V4 or the GL version) use a Linux based firmware that allow you to do alot more with the routers hardware. There are some custom distributions for these devices like DD-WRT, however OpenWRT might be the best place to start if you're comfortable with Linux.

    I would start by looking if your router is listed as being supported on the above sites

    Unfortuanetly there isn't one specific library that I know of that will help you here, you might have to reimplement part of the security logic in these small distros and recompile them to achieve what you want