using an eeepc 701 running Debian/Lenny with its atheros wifi interface and madwifi drivers on a 2.6.26 kernel (output of dpkg -l:)

ii  madwifi-modules-2.6.26-2-686         2.6.26+0.9.4+r3772.20080716-4 Multiband Atheros Driver modules for Linux 2
ii  madwifi-tools                        1:0.9.4~rc2+dfsg-1            tools for the Multiband Atheros Driver for W

set the eeepc as an access point

# reset wifi interface
wlanconfig ath0 destroy

# define wifi interface as accesspoint
wlanconfig ath0 create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode ap

# define wifi parameters
iwconfig ath0 essid jmf chan 3

# set ip address (NDS = 10.0.1.20)
ifconfig ath0 10.0.1.1 up

run a game on the NDS supporting wifi connection to get the eeepc settings. Save this configuration in slot 1
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restart the NDS and run the telnetd.nds application (file stored in the /nds directory of the microSD card). Connection success is indicated by "Start Telnetd"
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you might want to make sure that the connection between the AP and the NDS is indeed active using
```
wlanconfig ath0 list
```
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telnet from the eeepc to the NDS using on the eeepc (login=root, no password)
```
telnet 10.0.1.20 
```
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