list tracker wrote:
>
> ok, thank you! This explains my inability to perform bridging like I
> expected to....
>
> >I've been told the "wi" driver can't do bridging. The Cisco/Aironet
> >"an" driver can. Patches were submitted so you can do this. They are
> >in the tree.
>
> If I want to turn a PC into a full-blown "access point", should I set
> wicontrol to peer to peer (3) or BSS (1) ?
AP functions require the card to act TOTALLY DIFFERENTLY.
It requires diferent firmware in the card.
There is in development (it was shown atthe FreeBSD user's group this month)
a version of the wi driver that loads in the AP firmware and runs the card
as an AP but it is not completed yet.
>
> Secondly, should I turn on the "create BSS" (I am almost positive I should)
> - but this leads me to:
>
> thirdly, are the fixes that allow wi to "create BSS" also "in the tree" ?
> or does the man page warning that it does not work still valid ?
>
> (I was using 4.3-RELEASE, btw)
>
> thanks.
>
> LT
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