From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 28 06:03:58 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21E54106566C for ; Sun, 28 Aug 2011 06:03:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from paulbeard@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pz0-f45.google.com (mail-pz0-f45.google.com [209.85.210.45]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA7288FC14 for ; Sun, 28 Aug 2011 06:03:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pzk33 with SMTP id 33so15472403pzk.18 for ; Sat, 27 Aug 2011 23:03:57 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:mime-version:content-type:subject:date:in-reply-to:to :references:message-id:x-mailer; bh=j7xIWZY+0eG6S2G5WdBp9WoB9f3+/0174wiyYYYJmZk=; b=e7kYslUU4RCLfCP9BEaXsgEiFamXHBmr4OAk8JCZX9OpS/TM4s8CARy7eTWx4F25rZ ta6aqhmnCDbq3Nl0ikkK7BjmHcLCRBASLk9oMRXsIYFA74oqyL0rJOfvv4nPj4Tg7XYJ DPm2NhusNlhFAt36cpVqDIL75cTGgN2/KhorQ= Received: by 10.142.150.5 with SMTP id x5mr1763496wfd.260.1314511437434; Sat, 27 Aug 2011 23:03:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ivoire.paulbeard.org (c-76-121-105-198.hsd1.wa.comcast.net [76.121.105.198]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id a6sm3550228wfg.3.2011.08.27.23.03.54 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sat, 27 Aug 2011 23:03:55 -0700 (PDT) From: Paul Beard Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1244.3) Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2011 23:03:52 -0700 In-Reply-To: <4E59BA7F.305@cyberleo.net> To: FreeBSD Questions References: <51754C95-3688-4B33-BD98-7DED5F28DC0E@gmail.com> <4E59BA7F.305@cyberleo.net> Message-Id: <11161811-16AA-4678-97C2-3D2D9C9D327B@gmail.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1244.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: bridged wireless access point in FreeBSD 8.2p2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2011 06:03:58 -0000 On Aug 27, 2011, at 8:48 PM, CyberLeo Kitsana wrote: > This looks correct so far, for an unsecured wireless access point. The > wlan0 device is the interface you will use for communicating; the ath0 > device exists solely as a target for wlan0 creation. After some more head scratching, it sounds like what I want is a bridge. = Reading if_bridge(4), the first example looks a lot like what I am = trying to do.=20 My initial attempt didn't fare any better but I expect I have a lot of = cruft to dig through from the earlier attempts.=20 Did I misread this? Does sending packets between two physical interfaces = require a bridge? No other docs have mentioned it but of their "easy = instructions" have worked either.=20 -- Paul Beard Are you trying to win an argument or solve a problem?=20