Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 13:54:59 +0000 From: Dick Davies <rasputnik@hellooperator.net> To: Jason Mann <jason-freebsdlists@freebsd.org> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD wireless access point (under 5.2.1) Message-ID: <20041101135459.GC2557@lb.tenfour> In-Reply-To: <20041101105700.GB26474@beastie.b0rken.org> References: <20041101105700.GB26474@beastie.b0rken.org>
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* Jason Mann <jason-freebsdlists@freebsd.org> [1157 10:57]: > Hi folks. > > I am trying to set up a FreeBSD wireless access point as per the > instructions in chapter 24.3 of the handbook. > > I have successfully done this in the past using FreeBSD 4.8. > > My network topology is illustrated here: > http://b0rken.org/~jason/homenet.png > > My FreeBSD machine has an xl0 wired interface, addressed as 192.168.0.1, and > a wi0 wireless interface with no address assigned. > > It is also running a DHCP server, and my wireless laptop successfully leases > 192.168.0.20. > > "options BRIDGE" is in my kernel and the following sysctls are set: > net.link.ether.bridge.enable=1 > net.link.ether.bridge.config=wi0,xl0 > net.inet.ip.forwarding=1 > > > After following the instructions to the letter, I am having the following > problems: > > 1. My wireless laptop can not ping the FreeBSD machine itself. > > 2. Hosts on my wired network can not ping the wireless laptop, even though > the wireless laptop CAN ping hosts on my wired network. I could be wrong, but you'd expect that if you are bridging. That's a layer 2 thing (below IP). > The fact that my laptop can ping the wired hosts proves to me that there is > no configuration issues with wi0 on the FreeBSD machine. -- My life, and by extension everyone else's, is meaningless. - Bender Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns
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