On Wed, Dec 05, 2001 at 06:55:20PM -0500, David Gilbert wrote: > >>>>> "Brooks" == Brooks Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Brooks> On Wed, Dec 05, 2001 at 05:23:48PM -0500, David Gilbert wrote: > >> The netgraph bridge setup for vmware works very well and I've been > >> happy with it for some time running on my laptop. My old laptop > >> had an ep0 pccard and my new laptop has a builtin (PCI-attached) > >> fxp0. I have also had vmware work with an ed0 pccard. > >> > >> However, we all just got new wireless network cards, and I was > >> surprised to discover that wi0 didn't work in this configuration. > > Brooks> Bridging requires that you be able to send packets with the > Brooks> source MAC address set to the origionating station. Cards > Brooks> supported by the wi card do not allow this so bridging doesn't > Brooks> work. There does exist a driver to make this work, but it is > Brooks> not publicly avaiable and would be binary only if it were as > Brooks> it requires special firmware. > > Are there other wireless cards that allow this? Why is this feature > turned off by these cards?
I've heard rumors to the effect that it can work with an(4) cards, but haven't seen it done. The feature is disabled so you have to buy an access point if you want a bridged network. The fact that it breaks vmware is mostly a side effect. -- Brooks -- Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4
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