From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 5 00:24:34 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76165106564A for ; Tue, 5 Aug 2008 00:24:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sam@freebsd.org) Received: from ebb.errno.com (ebb.errno.com [69.12.149.25]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4AF6E8FC17 for ; Tue, 5 Aug 2008 00:24:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sam@freebsd.org) Received: from Macintosh-4.local ([10.0.0.194]) (authenticated bits=0) by ebb.errno.com (8.13.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id m750OX2D045801 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 4 Aug 2008 17:24:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sam@freebsd.org) Message-ID: <48979DC1.3040402@freebsd.org> Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:24:33 -0700 From: Sam Leffler Organization: FreeBSD Project User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (Macintosh/20080707) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: David Cornejo References: <6b8e8f4f0808041513x2537c723vd575f0760cf53e02@mail.gmail.com> <48978726.3060501@freebsd.org> <6b8e8f4f0808041717y1176d69ejc37b170f12349fe6@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <6b8e8f4f0808041717y1176d69ejc37b170f12349fe6@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-DCC-sonic.net-Metrics: ebb.errno.com; whitelist Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bridging wireless station X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:24:34 -0000 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 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" > >