From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 1 13:55:01 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18C2116A4D0; Mon, 1 Nov 2004 13:55:01 +0000 (GMT) Received: from 9.hellooperator.net (cpc3-cdif2-3-0-cust202.cdif.cable.ntl.com [81.103.32.202]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A65FB43D31; Mon, 1 Nov 2004 13:55:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rasputin@hellooperator.net) Received: from rasputin by 9.hellooperator.net with local (Exim 4.43) id 1COceB-00056B-H6; Mon, 01 Nov 2004 13:54:59 +0000 Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 13:54:59 +0000 From: Dick Davies To: Jason Mann Message-ID: <20041101135459.GC2557@lb.tenfour> References: <20041101105700.GB26474@beastie.b0rken.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041101105700.GB26474@beastie.b0rken.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: Rasputin cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: FreeBSD wireless access point (under 5.2.1) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Dick Davies List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2004 13:55:01 -0000 * Jason Mann [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