Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 15:21:52 +0200 From: Robert =?unknown-8bit?Q?Blacqui=E8re?= <freebsd@guldan.demon.nl> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Cc: Erik Paulsen Sk?lerud <erik@pentadon.com> Subject: Re: (Retry) Bridging a wi-device with a LAN-adapter Message-ID: <20020723132152.GJ463@bombur.guldan.demon.nl> In-Reply-To: <002401c23245$1ced2130$0100a8c0@erikpc> References: <002401c23245$1ced2130$0100a8c0@erikpc>
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Hi, bridging does work, i have had it working with an sitecom wireless adaptor a Prism2 chipset card and a standard ethernet ne2000 ed0 interface. I worked i could get dhcp responses and network traffic over the bridge. Just by following the man page of the wi driver. Robert On Tue, Jul 23, 2002 at 02:33:13PM +0200, Erik Paulsen Sk?lerud wrote: > Hello. I'm a little confused here. > I want to bridge my wireless card (Orinoco/Lucent Silver 11mbit) with my > LAN-adapter (fxp0). > > When I read the wi(4), allmost at the end of the configuration examples it > says: > > Create a host-based wireless bridge to fxp0 (Prism only): > Add BRIDGE to the kernel config. > # ifconfig wi0 inet up ssid my_ap mediaopt hostap > # sysctl net.link.ether.bridge=1 > # sysctl net.link.ether.bridge_cfg="wi0 fxp0" > # sysctl net.inet.ip.forwarding=1 > This will give you approximately the same functionality as an access > point. > > And, when I read the bridge(4) manual page, it says: > > Bridging requires interfaces to be put in promiscuous mode, and > transmit > packets with Ethernet source addresses. Some interfaces (e.g. wi(4)) > do > not support this functionality. Also, bridging is not compatible with > interfaces which use hardware loopback, because there is no way to tell > locally generated packets from externally generated ones. > > So. Where do I stand? Can it do bridging in FreeBSD or not? I tried to make > it work, both in FreeBSD and Windows XP (yes, I know.) without any results. > > While searching on mailinglists, I see several people saying that you need a > binary firmware wich costs money so that the cards can work with bridging.. > the reason would be that the manufactors of these chipsets wants to make > money on selling licenses to companies who want an AP. > > I've also heard a rumour that ng_bridge(4)/netgraph can do bridging with > wi(4)-devices. Is this true? > > Thanks for all help, Erik. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message -- Microsoft: Where do you want to go today? Linux: Where do you want to go tomorrow? FreeBSD: Are you guys coming or what? OpenBSD: He guys you left some holes out there! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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