From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jun 26 11:40: 6 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from sneakerz.org (sneakerz.org [216.33.66.254]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B340437B401 for ; Tue, 26 Jun 2001 11:40:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bright@sneakerz.org) Received: by sneakerz.org (Postfix, from userid 1092) id 213B75D010; Tue, 26 Jun 2001 13:39:51 -0500 (CDT) Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 13:39:51 -0500 From: Alfred Perlstein To: Joesh Juphland Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bridging with pcmcia cards Message-ID: <20010626133951.N64836@sneakerz.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: ; from part_lion@hotmail.com on Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 12:30:30PM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Joesh Juphland [010626 13:30] wrote: > > Recently on this list someone mentioned that you cannot bridge with the 'wi' > driver. This interests me and I have some questions: > > (I am running strictly 4.3-RELEASE, btw) > > 1. is this just temporary - or will we _never_ be able to bridge with 'wi' > ? > > 2. can I bridge with 'an' (cisco aironet cards) ? > > 3. can I bridge between two 'ep' cards (3com pcmcia) ? > > 4. Finally, if the answer to #2 was 'yes', can I bridge between ep0 and an0 > ? > > I am just trying to figure out if the difficulties with 'wi' bridging are an > odd, isolated case, or if bridging on pcmcia cards is, in general, > difficult. Ethernet bridging should work, however we can't the wireless bridging trick where you can wander around from access point to access point and be connected properly. -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message