Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 17:18:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Archie Cobbs <archie@dellroad.org> To: Jim King <jim@jimking.net> Cc: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>, Joe Clarke <marcus@miami.edu>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: netgraph bridge and Aironet Message-ID: <200106080018.f580I7N03436@arch20m.dellroad.org> In-Reply-To: <013401c0ed72$7bd623e0$980b8486@marble> "from Jim King at Jun 4, 2001 10:49:11 pm"
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Jim King writes: > >> >From the bridge(4) manpage: > >> > >> Interfaces that cannot be put into promiscuous mode or that don't > >> support sending packets with arbitrary Ethernet source addresses are not > >> compatible with bridging. > >> > >> I do not believe FreeBSD is able to place the Aironet cards into > >> promiscuous mode. Therefore, bridging will not work. > > > >IIRC, that's been fixed, but you can't send packets with another MAC > >address. > > Not being able to send packets with another MAC address could explain what > I've been seeing. I'll take another look. > > (For the record, I'm using netgraph bridging, not bridge(4), but I'd guess > the promiscous mode comment still applies.) There's also the problem that in infrastructure mode, you can't hear any other node's traffic. -Archie __________________________________________________________________________ Archie Cobbs * Packet Design * http://www.packetdesign.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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