Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 21:05:15 -0700 (MST) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: chip@chocobo.cx Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: wi in hostap mode causes panic near linksys router Message-ID: <20030113.210515.25897244.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <20030112164138.GA31670@chocobo.cx> References: <001401c2b9b6$5a94c1c0$6511a8c0@benspiece> <20030111.204643.06072765.imp@bsdimp.com> <20030112164138.GA31670@chocobo.cx>
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Chip Marshall <chip@chocobo.cx> writes:
: On January 11, 2003, M. Warner Losh sent me the following:
: > : /sbin/sysctl net.link.ether.bridge_cfg="wi0 fxp0"
: > : /sbin/sysctl net.link.ether.ipfw=1
: > : /sbin/sysctl net.link.ether.bridge_ipfw=1
: > : /sbin/sysctl net.link.ether.bridge=1
: >
: > I've not done bridging things with ipfw and bridge_ipfw. I've onlt
: > done bridge=1.
:
: The bridge manpage seems to suggest that it won't work with wi, is
: this just out of date, or am I misreading it?
:
: Bridging requires interfaces to be put in promiscuous mode, and
: transmit packets with Ethernet source addresses. Some interfaces
: (e.g. wi(4)) do not support this functionality.
wi doesn't support bridging in promiscuous mode, but it does
support it in hostap mode, as far as I know.
Warner
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