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Subject: Re: atheros (ath) driver bridging
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Sam Leffler wrote:

>> Is the ath(4) driver, like the wi(4) driver, incapable of performing
>> bridging?
> 
> Sorry, answered too quickly.  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.

Yes, I was refering to bridging two wireless interfaces.

I suppose that if I had a soekris 4521 box I could run a crossover between the
ethernet interfaces and bridge wi-eth ... eth-wi... :) Just a tad inefficient,
but it might work...

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