From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 22 12:32:26 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35CF116A403 for ; Sat, 22 Apr 2006 12:32:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-listen@fabiankeil.de) Received: from smtprelay01.ispgateway.de (smtprelay01.ispgateway.de [80.67.18.13]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F1F243D45 for ; Sat, 22 Apr 2006 12:32:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd-listen@fabiankeil.de) Received: (qmail 21929 invoked from network); 22 Apr 2006 12:32:23 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO localhost) ([pbs]775067@[217.50.150.60]) (envelope-sender ) by smtprelay01.ispgateway.de (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 22 Apr 2006 12:32:23 -0000 Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2006 14:32:11 +0200 From: Fabian Keil To: William Michael Grim Message-ID: <20060422143211.5a129cb6@localhost> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 2.0.0 (GTK+ 2.8.6; i386-portbld-freebsd6.0) X-PGP-KEY-URL: http://www.fabiankeil.de/gpg-keys/freebsd-listen-2006-08-19.asc Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_8nGQiK9RuuPMOC//tl4vnfF"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: if_bridge with ndis0+rl0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2006 12:32:26 -0000 --Sig_8nGQiK9RuuPMOC//tl4vnfF Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable William Michael Grim wrote: > My ndis0 card is a TNET1130 (ACX111 chipset) and can be put into > promiscuous mode. >=20 > I was wondering if if_bridge can be used to bridge this ndis0 and my rl0? > I have tried to do it using these commands: > # ifconfig bridge0 create > # ifconfig bridge0 addm ndis0 addm rl0 > # ifconfig bridge0 up >=20 > Using those above commands, I cannot get traffic from my wired network > through the wireless interface to my wireless AP in my roommate's room > (where the cable connection is). So, while most people want to connect > their 802.11 to their wired connection, I want to do just the opposite. Bridging only works if the wireless NIC is in ad-hoc or hostap mode. There was a thread about if_bridge and wireless NICs in infrastructure mode about week ago on freebsd-net: http://freebsd.rambler.ru/bsdmail/freebsd-net_curr/msg00104.html =20 > Is there anything I can do, or am I screwed unless I get another wireless > card that works with if_bridge? I have a similar setup and I use NAT instead. Fabian --=20 http://www.fabiankeil.de/ --Sig_8nGQiK9RuuPMOC//tl4vnfF Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFESiJVjV8GA4rMKUQRAsZtAJ9XUotnUOMc9eTMBpvr897BQCR/OgCfZLtl yjELH+oReFtLx4UR0iarH8o= =qRsJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_8nGQiK9RuuPMOC//tl4vnfF--