Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 08:40:18 -0500 From: David Gilbert <dgilbert@velocet.ca> To: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> Cc: David Gilbert <dgilbert@velocet.ca>, Freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: netgraph bridge works on fxp0, fails on wi0 Message-ID: <15375.30018.255675.644334@trooper.velocet.net> In-Reply-To: <20011205161213.A1374@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> References: <15374.40564.147991.647586@trooper.velocet.net> <20011205154159.B25312@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> <15374.46056.247719.291738@trooper.velocet.net> <20011205161213.A1374@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu>
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>>>>> "Brooks" == Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> writes: Brooks> On Wed, Dec 05, 2001 at 06:55:20PM -0500, David Gilbert wrote: Brooks> Bridging requires that you be able to send packets with the Brooks> source MAC address set to the origionating station. Cards Brooks> supported by the wi card do not allow this so bridging doesn't Brooks> work. There does exist a driver to make this work, but it is Brooks> not publicly avaiable and would be binary only if it were as Brooks> it requires special firmware. >> Are there other wireless cards that allow this? Why is this >> feature turned off by these cards? Brooks> I've heard rumors to the effect that it can work with an(4) Brooks> cards, but haven't seen it done. The feature is disabled so Brooks> you have to buy an access point if you want a bridged network. Brooks> The fact that it breaks vmware is mostly a side effect. It would seem that it only takes one manufacturer to break this cycle. There was also more incentive to do this when access points were $1000 instead of $149. Didn't older access points simply consist of a router with a pccard slot? Would they be using custome firmware uploaded to the card? Has someone been hacking on this? Dave. -- ============================================================================ |David Gilbert, Velocet Communications. | Two things can only be | |Mail: dgilbert@velocet.net | equal if and only if they | |http://daveg.ca | are precisely opposite. | =========================================================GLO================ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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