Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 21:23:01 -0600 (MDT) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: dan@langille.org Cc: mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: getting wi running as a bridge Message-ID: <20020926.212301.98346339.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <3D91EAF6.18283.6741AB3F@localhost> References: <3D91EAF6.18283.6741AB3F@localhost>
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In message: <3D91EAF6.18283.6741AB3F@localhost> "Dan Langille" <dan@langille.org> writes: : I have both a wireless NIC (wi0) and an ethernet card (ed1) for my : laptop. Both are up and running (the laptop via DHCP, FWIW). : : My wireless network consists of two wireless cards running in ad-hoc : mode (one is an Orinoco gold in a workstation, the other a silver in : the laptop). On the workstation, I'm trying what man wi says about : bridges in order to get "approximately the same functionality as an : access point". Namely this: : : # ifconfig wi0 inet up ssid my_ap mediaopt hostap : # sysctl net.link.ether.bridge=1 : # sysctl net.link.ether.bridge_cfg="wi0 rl0" : # sysctl net.inet.ip.forwarding=1 : : I get stuck at the first step: : : # ifconfig wi0 inet up ssid my_ap mediaopt hostap : ifconfig: SIOCSIFMEDIA: Device not configured : : What's up? You can't use orinoco cards in hostap mode. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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