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Date:      Fri, 6 Oct 2006 07:51:38 -0300
From:      JoaoBR <joao@matik.com.br>
To:        Bachilo Dmitry <root@solink.ru>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: WDS / Repeater support?
Message-ID:  <200610060751.39058.joao@matik.com.br>
In-Reply-To: <200610060923.15885.root@solink.ru>
References:  <20061005163701.99834.qmail@web26410.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> <200610060923.15885.root@solink.ru>

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On Thursday 05 October 2006 23:23, you wrote:
> It's a very interesting question IMHO. If I had to try making FreeBSD bei=
ng
> a Wireless Repeater, I would first try to install two PCI Wi-Fi cards in =
it
> and applied if_bridge to them, then checked if it works. But I had no
> chance to try it yet. I would like to hear right answer on this question.

If you use on both cards adhoc mode it should actually work but if you mean=
=20
one as client of an Ap and the other as hostap it does not bridge the WL=20
clients through

I put three cards in each repeater
one as hostap with IP acting as GW for the conected WL clientes
the other two as adhoc
so I route IP subnets from point to point
probably a better solution since I get less broadcast and arp-spoofing-risk=
 is=20
low since I have small subnets, also the performance is extremly good even=
=20
behind several repeaters=20

If you have on the gateway a WL card and adhoc connection to another box yo=
u=20
can run hostap and if_bridge with a second card and works fine but as=20
repeater no way actually.

I would like to see adhoc p2mp mode so I could have an adhoc base station a=
nd=20
could connect several accesspoints (configuring bssid of each of them at th=
e=20
base station) with one adhoc and one hostap card running if_bridge

=2D-=20

Jo=E3o







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