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Date:      Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:43:16 +0000
From:      "Bruce M. Simpson" <bms@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org, Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au>
Subject:   Re: ifconfig: BRDGADD vr1: Invalid argument
Message-ID:  <475FD764.8090402@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <475F744F.7030003@psg.com>
References:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.1071212163530.611D-100000@gaia.nimnet.asn.au> <475F744F.7030003@psg.com>

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My shot from the hip, although I'm pretty much away from this stuff at 
the moment.

Randy Bush wrote:
> # ifconfig bridge0 addm ath0 addm vr1 up
> ifconfig: BRDGADD ath0: Invalid argument
>   
ath0 is IFT_ETHER, so it should be OK to attach it to the bridge -- 
although you won't
get the 802.11 frames bridged.

Could be that for whatever reason, bridge fails to put ath into 
promiscuous mode. Try turning on the dev.ath.0.debug sysctl taps and/or 
watch what src/tools/tools/ath/athdebug/athdebug.c does...

BMS



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