The Traveler's Access Point is a portable device that delivers WiFi access to clients with a minimum of fuss and a maximum of options.

The device consists of a rectangular box, 3 inches tall, 5 inches wide and 12 inches long. When laying flat on a table, there will be two short ends and two long sides. On each of the two long sides there will be 3 PC Card (PCMCIA) slots (Type 2, CardBus). On each of the ends there will be a BMC style antenna connector. Additionally there will be a 12v power plug input.

The slots will be able to take any of the following combinations of cards: Flash RAM cards, Modem cards, Ethernet cards, WiFi cards (b, a, g or other), CDMA/GMS cards, Bluetooth cards, and USB (Firewire?) cards. One side of the TAP's slots will be designated as 'WAN' and the other side as 'LAN'. Each slot will have a button that allows it to be fully disabled without ejecting the card.

The BNC connectors can be used to provide additional antennas to increase range to the two end slots which are expected to hold the WiFi or BlueTooth cards.

The TAP can be configured to be a repeater, a bridge or a standalone access point that provides a multitude of options for configuration.

The Tap will have a web based interface and a small reset button.

Would someone build this please?

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