From owner-freebsd-mobile Tue Jul 23 10:11: 8 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3ED8937B400 for ; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 10:11:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from inord.no (oluf.et-n.no [213.161.160.12]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C09943E5E for ; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 10:10:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from erik@pentadon.com) Received: from erikpc [213.161.168.206] by inord.no (SMTPD32-7.06) id AD22FE05003A; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 19:06:42 +0200 Message-ID: <001801c2326b$f1c98300$0200000a@erikpc> From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Erik_Paulsen_Sk=E5lerud?= To: "Tony Toole" , References: <002401c23245$1ced2130$0100a8c0@erikpc> <3D3D6F67.5010508@ucsd.edu> <001001c2325c$42c59420$8a4c35d1@master> Subject: Re: (Retry) Bridging a wi-device with a LAN-adapter Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 19:11:04 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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" To: 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" > To: "Erik Paulsen Skålerud" > Cc: ; > 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