[geeks] Secure 802.11b?

[Michael Dombrowski]

I've been thinking of setting up 802.11b here and want to protect my 
network against snoopers. My idea is something like:

Internal Network->802.11b Firewall->Dumb Access Point->Laptop

In my setup the Firewall machine would block off every port except 
the VPN one, the laptop or other client computer would connect to the 
main network via the VPN so it would be just like it's on the 
network. The firewall machine would also run a dhcp server. Is this 
method viable or are there easier ways to do what I want? I also 
could consolidate the access point + firewall into one machine with 
NetBSD + IPX + PC Card swapbox but then I lose some flexibility in 
the future.

Thanks
Mike