Erik Trulsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 04:41:42PM +0200, Fabian Keil wrote:
> > I tried if_bridge to let QEMU on my laptop talk to the wireless > > network. It worked if the Laptop's NIC was in ad-hoc or hostap mode, > > but failed if the NIC was connected to an access point. > > > > NAT solved the problem, but I still don't understand why if_bridge > > didn't work. If it was expected to fail I think it should be mentioned > > in the man page. > > Because when a station sends a packet to an AP the source ethernet address > must be that of the station. > A bridge should not modify the packets passed through it so then the source > address should be that of the originating computer instead of that of the > station and then things will not work correctly. Thanks for the explanation. Fabian -- http://www.fabiankeil.de/
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