Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 23:27:24 +0200 From: dick hoogendijk <dick@nagual.st> To: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: wrired-wireless if_bridge question Message-ID: <20060418212724.GA17694@lothlorien.nagual.st> In-Reply-To: <20060418170612.3ea78256@localhost> References: <20060417125817.57c63491.dick@nagual.st> <20060418170612.3ea78256@localhost>
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On 18 Apr Fabian Keil wrote: > dick hoogendijk <dick@nagual.st> wrote: > > After adding the WiFi card this whould be: > > defaultrouter="82.74.2.1" > > hostname="lothlorien.nagual.st" > > ifconfig_rl0="inet 82.74.2.186 netmask 255.255.254.0" > > ifconfig_rl1="inet 192.168.11.1 netmask 255.255.255.0" > > ifconfig_ath0="ssid airport01 media autoselect mode 11g mediaopt \ > > hostap wepmode on wepkey `cat /etc/wepkey` channel 1 up" > > cloned_interfaces="bridge0" > > ifconfig_bridge0="addm ath0 addm rl1 up" > > You didn't specify the default wepkey, but the syntax looks > OK to me. > BTW don't bridge your wireless and wired networks if you don't have to. > If your only goal is to get internet access for your wireless clients, > it's probably safer to just add another NAT zone. Sounds like wise advice, but how do I go about this? "Just add another NAT", sound simple enough, but how do I do that? I guess safer means there will be no access to my wired network (LAN) if I add another NAT zone? Help would be much appreciated ;-) One other thing: if I (still) decide (in the future) to clone, would I clone the internal Ethernet card or the one attached to my ISP? -- dick -- http://nagual.st/ -- PGP/GnuPG key: F86289CE ++ Running FreeBSD 6.0 +++ The Power to Serve
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