Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:24:33 -0700 From: Sam Leffler <sam@freebsd.org> To: David Cornejo <dcornejo@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bridging wireless station Message-ID: <48979DC1.3040402@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <6b8e8f4f0808041717y1176d69ejc37b170f12349fe6@mail.gmail.com> References: <6b8e8f4f0808041513x2537c723vd575f0760cf53e02@mail.gmail.com> <48978726.3060501@freebsd.org> <6b8e8f4f0808041717y1176d69ejc37b170f12349fe6@mail.gmail.com>
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Without WDS you'll need to bridge/tunnel at a different layer. Sam David Cornejo wrote: > I have an existing AP that I have no control over (assume it doesn't > support WDS) sitting on a clinic LAN. I have a second LAN that I need > to bridge to the clinic LAN through a client wireless device. I had > done this about a year ago using vtun (via an 'ethernet' tunnel), but > then I had some control over the AP. > > thanks, > dave c > > On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 12:48 PM, Sam Leffler <sam@freebsd.org> wrote: >> David Cornejo wrote: >>> hi, >>> >>> i would like to bridge a wireless client to ethernet (in 8-CURRENT) - >>> the last bug in the if_bridge man page says this is a no-no. >>> >>> the question is whether this could be worked around - don't need the >>> highest performance, so maybe netgraph or even a userland daemon would >>> work. i don't have any ability to do anything at the access point end >>> so some of the tunneling protocols are out >>> >>> any thoughts are appreciated, >>> >>> >> The man page is out of date; HEAD has WDS support now so you can bridge >> traffic that's 4-address encapsulated. You might try to be more clear what >> you're trying to setup. >> >> Sam >> >> > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >
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