From owner-freebsd-mobile Sat Jul 27 3: 5: 6 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 325AB37B400 for ; Sat, 27 Jul 2002 03:05:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from guldan.demon.nl (cc66986-a.assen1.dr.nl.home.com [213.51.66.127]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9418843E31 for ; Sat, 27 Jul 2002 03:04:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd@guldan.demon.nl) Received: from bombur.guldan.demon.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bombur.guldan.demon.nl (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g6NDLxlg004849; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 15:21:59 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@guldan.demon.nl) Received: (from robert@localhost) by bombur.guldan.demon.nl (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id g6NDLq2W004848; Tue, 23 Jul 2002 15:21:52 +0200 (CEST) X-Authentication-Warning: bombur.guldan.demon.nl: robert set sender to freebsd@guldan.demon.nl using -f Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 15:21:52 +0200 From: Robert =?unknown-8bit?Q?Blacqui=E8re?= To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Cc: Erik Paulsen Sk?lerud Subject: Re: (Retry) Bridging a wi-device with a LAN-adapter Message-ID: <20020723132152.GJ463@bombur.guldan.demon.nl> References: <002401c23245$1ced2130$0100a8c0@erikpc> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <002401c23245$1ced2130$0100a8c0@erikpc> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i X-Disclaimer: running FreeBSD on a Toshiba. Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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