From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 16 12:10:24 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0601916A4B3 for ; Tue, 16 Sep 2003 12:10:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.yazzy.org (yazzy.org [217.8.140.3]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 753F343FB1 for ; Tue, 16 Sep 2003 12:10:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from masta@wifibsd.org) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.yazzy.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35CE63986C; Tue, 16 Sep 2003 21:10:13 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail.yazzy.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (urukhai.yazzy.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 52007-02; Tue, 16 Sep 2003 21:10:09 +0200 (CEST) Received: from wifibsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.yazzy.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EA9F139872; Tue, 16 Sep 2003 21:10:06 +0200 (CEST) Received: from 12-238-113-137.client.attbi.com ([12.238.113.137]) (SquirrelMail authenticated user masta@wifibsd.org) by mail.yazzy.org with HTTP; Tue, 16 Sep 2003 14:10:07 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <36718.12.238.113.137.1063739407.squirrel@mail.yazzy.org> Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 14:10:07 -0500 (CDT) From: "masta" To: X-Priority: 3 Importance: Normal X-Mailer: SquirrelMail (version 1.2.11) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: atheros (ath) driver bridging X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: masta@wifibsd.org List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 19:10:24 -0000 Howdy, Sam Leffler wrote: > ath and wi have the same restrictions. You > can use bridging to hookup a wired and wireless network but not two > wireless networks. I can't tell from your posting what you are trying to > do. > > Sam I figured now would be a good place to chime in about WDS. I'm currious about what you folks think about the future of the ath, wi ,et'all drivers in regards to WDS bridging? Would this type of bridging (wireless to wireless) be implemented in the drivers, or hook into the BRIDGE code? I'm thinking the driver itself would take care of all that, right? The ideal situation would be similare to a net4521 board with one radio in hostap mode bridged to the wired network, the 2nd radio in WDS mode bridged to either the other radio, or the wired network. Or something like that. I asume this is all pointless until good docs are provided to us folks from the radio makers who seem on guard about their stupid firmware. bah! __ __ _ | \/ | __ _ ___| |_ __ _ | |\/| |/ _` / __| __/ _` | | | | | (_| \__ \ || (_| | |_| |_|\__,_|___/\__\__,_| masta@wifibsd.org http://wifibsd.org