From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 18 21:27:26 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6D0716A401 for ; Tue, 18 Apr 2006 21:27:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dick@nagual.st) Received: from nagual.st (cc20684-a.assen1.dr.home.nl [82.74.2.186]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D46343D46 for ; Tue, 18 Apr 2006 21:27:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dick@nagual.st) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (uid 1000) by nagual.st with local; Tue, 18 Apr 2006 23:27:24 +0200 id 0003980B.444559BC.00004532 Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 23:27:24 +0200 To: freebsd-questions Message-ID: <20060418212724.GA17694@lothlorien.nagual.st> References: <20060417125817.57c63491.dick@nagual.st> <20060418170612.3ea78256@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060418170612.3ea78256@localhost> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i From: dick hoogendijk Subject: Re: wrired-wireless if_bridge question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 21:27:26 -0000 On 18 Apr Fabian Keil wrote: > dick hoogendijk 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