Can Server 2003 be used as a AP?

[young_one]

So at the moment I have a home server running 24/7 and a d-link wireless ADSL router.

I was thinking about switching to a much more powerful, but wired only, adsl router I have available. So I was thinking about putting a wireless PCI card into the server and using that as the wireless AP. It will be pretty cheap (about £15 for a G card on scan) and since I have the server running all the time anyway it will be using less power than a seperate AP.

Anyone know if this is possible? and how viable a solution this will be in regards to performance and security (WPA/Radius)?

[Moby-Dick]

I'd imagine it would be possible , but not sure about WPA . If you wanted to be clever you could use 802.11x authentication with a bit of IPSEC

[TheAnimus]

I'd recomend using a dedicated low power box. Find an old computer, or buy something like an Eden, and run m0n0wall, a great firewall, and has all kinds of neato access point stuff.

[young_one]

I'd recomend using a dedicated low power box. Find an old computer, or buy something like an Eden, and run m0n0wall, a great firewall, and has all kinds of neato access point stuff.

I have looked into linux based solutions and although they are tempting I was hoping not to use any more power than needed. I cant really find much on the microsoft site about Windows 2003 and wireless, I dont really want to use a 3rd party app.

I am thinking the best thing to do is Q-Collect one from scan next friday afternoon and try it (after a manual backup), I suppose the worst that happens is it doesnt work.

[TheAnimus]

m0n0wall is BSD (a good kernel)

You can get eden style boards that use less than 17Whatts... including the flash memory (64meg... wow!) required to run m0n0wall