Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2001 22:18:19 -0700 From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: list tracker <list_tracker@hotmail.com> Cc: ambrisko@ambrisko.com, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: trouble with 802.11 and kernel bridging (more) Message-ID: <3B36C99B.8B64F299@elischer.org> References: <F156NH2cv0aGltFBNlJ00001ece@hotmail.com>
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list tracker wrote: > > ok, thank you! This explains my inability to perform bridging like I > expected to.... > > >I've been told the "wi" driver can't do bridging. The Cisco/Aironet > >"an" driver can. Patches were submitted so you can do this. They are > >in the tree. > > If I want to turn a PC into a full-blown "access point", should I set > wicontrol to peer to peer (3) or BSS (1) ? AP functions require the card to act TOTALLY DIFFERENTLY. It requires diferent firmware in the card. There is in development (it was shown atthe FreeBSD user's group this month) a version of the wi driver that loads in the AP firmware and runs the card as an AP but it is not completed yet. > > Secondly, should I turn on the "create BSS" (I am almost positive I should) > - but this leads me to: > > thirdly, are the fixes that allow wi to "create BSS" also "in the tree" ? > or does the man page warning that it does not work still valid ? > > (I was using 4.3-RELEASE, btw) > > thanks. > > LT > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message -- +------------------------------------+ ______ _ __ | __--_|\ Julian Elischer | \ U \/ / hard at work in | / \ julian@elischer.org +------>x USA \ a very strange | ( OZ ) \___ ___ | country ! +- X_.---._/ presently in San Francisco \_/ \\ v To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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