Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 12:57:39 +0100 (CET) From: Blaz Zupan <blaz@amis.net> To: Fernando Schapachnik <fschapachnik@vianetworks.com.ar> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bridging on wi interfaces Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011291252570.91552-100000@titanic.medinet.si> In-Reply-To: <200011291151.IAA05473@ns1.via-net-works.net.ar>
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> Could you please provide a search key that would make me find it? "wi > driver" and "wi AND bridging" don't throw anything useful. > > Also, I found on CVS: > Revision 1.18.2.2 / (download) - annotate - [select for diffs], Wed > May 24 01:47:51 2000 UTC (6 months ago) > by archie > Branch: RELENG_4 > Changes since 1.18.2.1: +2 -15 lines > Diff to previous 1.18.2.1 (colored) to branchpoint 1.18 (colored) > > MFC: Move BPF and bridging code into ether_input() > > Are you sure you are talking about a recent 4.2-R? I'm talking about *any* version of *any* driver on *any* operating system. I searched through the mailing list archives and didn't find it, then I found out that it was a personal mail from Bill Paul (the author of the WaveLan driver). Quote: > Forget it. Just forget it. Put the whole idea out of your mind. The > WaveLAN firmware will not let you transmit a frame who's origin MAC > address does not match its own. If you attempt to retransmit a packet > from another interface with a different origin MAC address, the NIC > will silently discard it. The origin MAC address plays an important > part in the 802.11 protocol and you're not allowed to screw with it > like you can on ethernet. Since bridging depends on being able to > alter the origin MAC address (at least in the current implementation), > this means you're out of luck. Blaz Zupan, Medinet d.o.o, Linhartova 21, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia E-mail: blaz@amis.net, Tel: +386-2-320-6320, Fax: +386-2-320-6325 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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