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Subject: Re: bridging ath
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On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 10:01:04PM -1000, Randy Bush wrote:
> > 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.

At the bottom of if_bridge(4):

"Only wireless interfaces in hostap mode can be bridged due to the
802.11 framing format, bridging a wireless client is not supported yet."