On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 10:01:04PM -1000, Randy Bush wrote: > > I don't know what you're trying to do > > no surprise. i rarely do. :) > > > When you attach your wired nic to a bridge and and turn the bridge on > > the nic gets set in promiscuous mode. This is likely why you can > > ping the other wireless station through the wired nic. To ping the > > wireless station through your AP then AP must either fwd the packet > > directly or bridge it using some mechanism. You cannot bridge a > > wireless interface unless it's operating as an ap. Either way it's > > an issue at the AP. > > sokeris running current > application is a remote (via wireless) ether switch > wireless client, bridged to the ethers > a few devices on the ethers such as desktop, printer, ... > it is also a local samba etc, and ipsecs to the AP's net > > so it does not want to be an AP but it does want to bridge.
At the bottom of if_bridge(4): "Only wireless interfaces in hostap mode can be bridged due to the 802.11 framing format, bridging a wireless client is not supported yet." _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
