From owner-freebsd-net Wed Nov 29 4:25:40 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from ns1.via-net-works.net.ar (ns1.via-net-works.net.ar [200.10.100.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3BA737B404 for ; Wed, 29 Nov 2000 04:25:31 -0800 (PST) Received: (from fpscha@localhost) by ns1.via-net-works.net.ar (8.9.3/8.9.3) id JAA20115; Wed, 29 Nov 2000 09:28:47 -0300 (ART) From: Fernando Schapachnik Message-Id: <200011291228.JAA20115@ns1.via-net-works.net.ar> Subject: Re: Bridging on wi interfaces In-Reply-To: "from Blaz Zupan at Nov 29, 2000 12:57:39 pm" To: Blaz Zupan Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 09:28:47 -0300 (ART) Cc: Fernando Schapachnik , freebsd-net@freebsd.org Reply-To: Fernando Schapachnik X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL82 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org En un mensaje anterior, Blaz Zupan escribió: > I'm talking about *any* version of *any* driver on *any* operating > system. > > I searched through the mailing list archives and didn't find it, then I found > out that it was a personal mail from Bill Paul (the author of the WaveLan > driver). Quote: > > > Forget it. Just forget it. Put the whole idea out of your mind. The > > WaveLAN firmware will not let you transmit a frame who's origin MAC > > address does not match its own. If you attempt to retransmit a packet > > from another interface with a different origin MAC address, the NIC > > will silently discard it. The origin MAC address plays an important > > part in the 802.11 protocol and you're not allowed to screw with it > > like you can on ethernet. Since bridging depends on being able to > > alter the origin MAC address (at least in the current implementation), > > this means you're out of luck. Ok, got it. Thanks for the info! Fernando P. Schapachnik Administración de la red VIA NET.WORKS ARGENTINA S.A. fschapachnik@vianetworks.com.ar Conmutador: (54-11) 4323-3333 - Soporte: 0810-333-AYUDA To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message