For a tool called 'ebtables' I created this patch for version v2.0.2: [patch]
Ebtables is a bridged network firewalling tool and I use it on my Wireless Network AccessPoint which runs Linux ofcourse. This patch enables ebtables to be compiled with buggy crosscompilers that do not support __attribute__ ((constructor)) gcc magic resulting in a binary that does not initialize the necessary structures at startup. This patch renames every init function and adds them to main(). Nasty fix? Hell! It works!

Yes, you read it correct. I have a Wireless Accesspoint that runs my favorite operating system: Linux. It's an SMC EZ-Connect Wireless AP model number SMC2652W. With an SRAM card, a PCMCIA-controller and a little of your valuable time you can create flash images to flash into the accesspoint. For more information you should visit sites like Instant 802 Opensource but that one might be outdated. I used a fork from the OpenAP project called OpenAP-CT. In fact this is a fork from the Instant802.com OpenAP project, but it has a better buildsystem, and is more up to date on technology.

The pro's of an Accesspoint running Linux are that you have much more control over who can and who can't use it. So you won't come home one evening and find hundreths of ComputerGeeks in front of your door, leeching pr0n over your precious ADSL-connection. I mean, you must agree, that is a right only YOU are entitled to have.

And for the con's, I hate to say, but I do notice a little slowdown in the throughput of the AP. It should be able to peak to 11Mbit/sec, but I can't get performance better than 2Mbit/s.
I think the CPU in the AP isn't powerful enough to operate at full speed.