Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 19:11:04 +0200 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Erik_Paulsen_Sk=E5lerud?= <erik@pentadon.com> To: "Tony Toole" <tony@valemount.com>, <mobile@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: (Retry) Bridging a wi-device with a LAN-adapter Message-ID: <001801c2326b$f1c98300$0200000a@erikpc> References: <002401c23245$1ced2130$0100a8c0@erikpc> <3D3D6F67.5010508@ucsd.edu> <001001c2325c$42c59420$8a4c35d1@master>
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So, If I buy a new card wich has the Prism2/Prism2.5 chipset, it can work as an AP for me -and- bridge in my 100mbit ethernet LAN? So, to say it the dumb way, it will appear as a whole network (bridge) Erik. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Toole" <tony@valemount.com> To: <mobile@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 5:18 PM Subject: Re: (Retry) Bridging a wi-device with a LAN-adapter > The man page for wi(4) shows how to set up a bridge, but the card must be in > pseudo-AP (HostAP) mode, which voids out Orinoco cards like you said. > > Tony Toole > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Eric Hedström" <erich@ucsd.edu> > To: "Erik Paulsen Skålerud" <erik@pentadon.com> > Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>; <freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG> > Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 7:59 AM > Subject: Re: (Retry) Bridging a wi-device with a LAN-adapter > > > > Hi Erik, > > Assuming the wi(4) page is correct when it says Prism only, that rules > > out your Orinoco card in any case. > > > > Eric > > > > Erik Paulsen Skålerud wrote: > > > Hello. I'm a little confused here. > > > I want to bridge my wireless card (Orinoco/Lucent Silver 11mbit) with my > > > LAN-adapter (fxp0). > > > > > > When I read the wi(4), allmost at the end of the configuration examples > it > > > says: > > > > > > Create a host-based wireless bridge to fxp0 (Prism only): > > > Add BRIDGE to the kernel config. > > > # ifconfig wi0 inet up ssid my_ap mediaopt hostap > > > # sysctl net.link.ether.bridge=1 > > > # sysctl net.link.ether.bridge_cfg="wi0 fxp0" > > > # sysctl net.inet.ip.forwarding=1 > > > This will give you approximately the same functionality as an > access > > > point. > > > > > > And, when I read the bridge(4) manual page, it says: > > > > > > Bridging requires interfaces to be put in promiscuous mode, and > > > transmit > > > packets with Ethernet source addresses. Some interfaces (e.g. > wi(4)) > > > do > > > not support this functionality. Also, bridging is not compatible > with > > > interfaces which use hardware loopback, because there is no way to > tell > > > locally generated packets from externally generated ones. > > > > > > So. Where do I stand? Can it do bridging in FreeBSD or not? I tried to > make > > > it work, both in FreeBSD and Windows XP (yes, I know.) without any > results. > > > > > > While searching on mailinglists, I see several people saying that you > need a > > > binary firmware wich costs money so that the cards can work with > bridging.. > > > the reason would be that the manufactors of these chipsets wants to make > > > money on selling licenses to companies who want an AP. > > > > > > I've also heard a rumour that ng_bridge(4)/netgraph can do bridging with > > > wi(4)-devices. Is this true? > > > > > > Thanks for all help, Erik. > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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