Step 10: Test Remote Devices

After you are connected to the wireless access point, the bridge created on the Fedora system passes all network packets from your wireless clients to the wired network.

Test this out by trying to access an Internet location with a Web browser. If you can get out onto the Internet, congratulations! You’ve built your own secure wireless access point.

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