Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2011 23:03:52 -0700 From: Paul Beard <paulbeard@gmail.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: bridged wireless access point in FreeBSD 8.2p2 Message-ID: <11161811-16AA-4678-97C2-3D2D9C9D327B@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4E59BA7F.305@cyberleo.net> References: <51754C95-3688-4B33-BD98-7DED5F28DC0E@gmail.com> <4E59BA7F.305@cyberleo.net>
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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
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