Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 12:03:36 -0400 From: Jesse Guardiani <jesse@wingnet.net> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: atheros (ath) driver bridging Message-ID: <bk7c8o$rdo$1@sea.gmane.org>
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Howdy list,
Is the ath(4) driver, like the wi(4) driver, incapable of performing
bridging?
For reference, this is from the bridge(4) manpage:
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. Also, bridging is not compatible with
interfaces which use hardware loopback, because there is no way to tell
locally generated packets from externally generated ones.
ath(4) manpage:
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ath&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+5.1-current&format=html
wi(4) manpage:
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=wi&sektion=4&apropos=0&manpath=FreeBSD+5.1-current
bridge(4) manpage:
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=bridge&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+5.1-current&format=html
Just curious. Thanks!
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