Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 16:14:52 -0500 From: "Jason T. Nelson" <jtn@jtn.cx> To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: back to back bridges Message-ID: <20050601211452.GA49444@jtn.cx>
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I've run into a bridge problem that has got me stumped. Here's the basic
layout:
AP 2km 802.11a link client
local net <---sis0|--|ath0<---------------------->ath0|--|sis0---> remote n=
et
The "local net" consists of a Soekris 4526 with a 802.11a card running in=
=20
hostap mode and other access points (non-FreeBSD) as well as a router out t=
o=20
the Internet connected to an ethernet switch. The "remote net" consists of=
=20
nothing more than 2 other APs (non-FreeBSD) and a hub. The client box=20
(Soekris 4526 with 802.11a card) associates to the AP and passes traffic=20
back and forth just great, with the exception of occational duplicated pack=
ets
which doesn't seem to harm things. BOTH the AP and the client are running
the kernel bridge code. This seems to perform just great at the AP end,
however, this is not so at the client end. Through some experimentation, I
have discovered the following:
* On the client, the IP address *must* be on the ath0 interface, otherwise
the client is unpingable and otherwise invisible to the AP and the "local
net". Likewise, the IP address *must* be on the sis0 interface on the AP
or no packets ever seem to make it to the wireless link.
* Packets never seem to cross the wireless link from the local net to the
remote net, with the exception to the IP address bound to the ath0
interface on the client. Similarly, packets originating from the remote
net never seem to cross the wireless link unless they come from the IP
address on the ath0 interface.
Doing some sniffing on both networks, it would seem that ARPs from one net
are never forwarded across the wireless link to the other net. Why would th=
is=20
occur? Is there some sort of odd magic involved with two bridged ethernets=
=20
sharing a common wireless link?
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Jason T. Nelson <jtn@jtn.cx> http://www.jtn.cx/~jtn/
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disclaimer: My opinions are my own. Don't bother my employer about them.
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