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Date:      Wed, 19 Oct 2005 22:15:59 +1300
From:      Andrew Thompson <thompsa@freebsd.org>
To:        Jiri Mikulas <konfer@mikulas.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ath client bridge
Message-ID:  <20051019091559.GA45009@heff.fud.org.nz>
In-Reply-To: <43560B6A.4070505@mikulas.com>
References:  <43560B6A.4070505@mikulas.com>

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On Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 11:01:30AM +0200, Jiri Mikulas wrote:
> Hello
> I have problem to setup bridging box with ath in client mode and if_bridge
> When card is in AP mode, everything is ok, but if I want to run card in
> client mode, bridging is not working.
> Here are my testing steps: (it's quite long, so I prefer put URL there :) )

Bridging on the client side of a wireless connection is not supported
and has to do with the 801.11 frame format. The problem is that the
client only registers its own MAC address with the AP, so the bridged
clients do not get a reply (as far as I understand).

Andrew



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