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Subject: Re: bridging ath
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> I don't know what you're trying to do

no surprise.  i rarely do. :)

> When you attach your wired nic to a bridge and and turn the bridge on
> the nic gets set in promiscuous mode.  This is likely why you can
> ping the other wireless station through the wired nic.  To ping the
> wireless station through your AP then AP must either fwd the packet
> directly or bridge it using some mechanism.  You cannot bridge a
> wireless interface unless it's operating as an ap.  Either way it's
> an issue at the AP.

sokeris running current
application is a remote (via wireless) ether switch
wireless client, bridged to the ethers
a few devices on the ethers such as desktop, printer, ...
it is also a local samba etc, and ipsecs to the AP's net

so it does not want to be an AP but it does want to bridge.

randy