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LinuxDevices: Linux-based WLAN Access Point Software Released as GPL Project

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“Radionet announced the open source release of a full set of
open source software that can be used by companies and individuals
to build Linux-based IEEE 802.11 based wireless access points. The
intent, according to Radionet, is to foster worldwide collaboration
on the ‘ROSE’ (Radionet Open Source Environment) software platform,
an open source implementation of software the company has already
used to build city-wide WLAN ‘hot zones’ in Finland.

“According to Radionet, ROSE has minimal system resource
requirements and can be used in handheld and embedded devices, as
well as on desktop PCs and laptops. Currently ROSE is available for
x86 and PowerPC architectures, but the software can easily be cross
compiled to other platforms such as MIPS and ARM, Radionet
said…”

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