I doubt whether the MAC address of the bond interfaces is important. Rather, I think that the source MAC address of the packets transmitted over the bond is the important issue. This means that you would have to rewrite the MAC addresses on the packets transmitted over the bond.
On Tue, Feb 05, 2013 at 03:34:21PM +0900, Yuris Mulya Saputra wrote: > It means that can I make bonding with 2 wireless interfaces with same MAC > address? > > > On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 3:18 PM, Ben Pfaff <b...@nicira.com> wrote: > > > On Tue, Feb 05, 2013 at 03:11:52PM +0900, Yuris Mulya Saputra wrote: > > > I have a problem to make OVS bonding using 2 Wireless interfaces as AP or > > > master mode (from 2 APs to 1 AP). > > > First I make a bridge as usual and then make bonding with 2 wireless > > > interface. But when I make bonding, the internet is diconnected for the > > > client. My 2 APs have different MAC addresses. Should I make same MAC > > > address for those 2 APs. After making one MAC address, what about the > > > bridge and the client? Should the client also makes bonding? > > > > The FAQ says: > > > > Q: I can't seem to use Open vSwitch in a wireless network. > > > > A: Wireless base stations generally only allow packets with the source > > MAC address of NIC that completed the initial handshake. > > Therefore, without MAC rewriting, only a single device can > > communicate over a single wireless link. > > > > This isn't specific to Open vSwitch, it's enforced by the access > > point, so the same problems will show up with the Linux bridge or > > any other way to do bridging. > > > > > > -- > Best Regards, > > > > Yuris Mulya Saputra, S.T > > Graduate School of Electrical and Information Engineering > Seoul National University of Science and Technology > Mirae Hall Room 208, 232 Gongneung-ro, Nowon-gu, Seoul 139-743 > South Korea _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
