On 22 December 2010 10:26, Stuart Henderson <s...@spacehopper.org> wrote:
> On 2010-12-20, brett <brett.ma...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On the OpenBSD PC I created a bridge:
>>
>> # ifconfig nfe0 inet 192.168.10.12 netmask 255.255.255.0
>> # ifconfig bridge0 create
>> In /etc/hostname.nfe0 is the single word: up
>> In /etc/hostname.otus0 is the single word: up
>> In /etc/bridgename.bridge0 is: add nfe0 add otus0 up
>
> You must use either WDS or hostap to bridge 802.11 interfaces
> to wired interfaces, there are not spaces for enough MAC addresses
> in the standard 802.11 frames to handle bridging. (OpenBSD doesn't
> support WDS).
>
> Some commercial wireless devices support a 'client-bridge' mode
> without WDS; this uses something which can basically be described
> as a layer-2 NAT.
>
> To do this using OpenBSD I would suggest just doing standard
> layer-3 NAT with PF and dhcpd instead.
>
>> I am not sure why it worked before
>
> Nor am I.
>
Thanks for the help, everyone. I am traveling so will try these
suggestions in a week or two when I get home. Silence means successful
execution, otherwise I'll be back!
Merry xmas to question answerers and the OpenBSD team!
