Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 16:55:06 +0100 From: Andre Oppermann <oppermann@telehouse.ch> To: Blaz Zupan <blaz@amis.net> Cc: Fernando Schapachnik <fschapachnik@vianetworks.com.ar>, freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bridging on wi interfaces Message-ID: <3A2526DA.4E57B0D4@telehouse.ch> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011291252570.91552-100000@titanic.medinet.si>
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Blaz Zupan wrote: -snip- > I'm talking about *any* version of *any* driver on *any* operating > system. > > I searched through the mailing list archives and didn't find it, then I found > out that it was a personal mail from Bill Paul (the author of the WaveLan > driver). Quote: > > > Forget it. Just forget it. Put the whole idea out of your mind. The > > WaveLAN firmware will not let you transmit a frame who's origin MAC > > address does not match its own. If you attempt to retransmit a packet > > from another interface with a different origin MAC address, the NIC > > will silently discard it. The origin MAC address plays an important > > part in the 802.11 protocol and you're not allowed to screw with it > > like you can on ethernet. Since bridging depends on being able to > > alter the origin MAC address (at least in the current implementation), > > this means you're out of luck. There must be a way. For Lucent the Access Point uses exactly the same card with the same firmware as any client. The point is it is not known how to program the card to do it. -- Andre To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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