[Aironet] Promisc mode

[Joe B. <bw...@ho...>]

Hi,

I've been going throught the archives so I hope that I'm not repeating stuff 
that has already been asked.  I wish that the archives had a search 
function.

I'm trying to set up a 10Mb 10BaseT <-> 802.11b bridge. I'd rather not have 
to route.  I'm using the new bridging support described in 
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/BRIDGE-STP-HOWTO on RedHat 7 (2.2.16+patches).

I've got the bridging stuff working and I've got the driver working (at 
least I can ping back and forth).

However, with both going on at the same time, I can ping from the wired side 
to the wireless side, but not the other way.  Also, the wireless side can 
get to the bridge machine, but not past it.  Also, the wireless side can 
pick up a DHCP IP address from the wired side, but that is probably done via 
a broadcast.  I think that this is because the bridging support of course 
needs PROMISC turned on for each interface but I don't think that the 
Aironet driver that I have supports it (at least IFF_PROMISC is not 
referenced in the driver)

So, my first question is: Where is the canonical place to get source?  I'm 
grabbing the stuff from the ucsc site but I think that it might be out of 
data (no version #/date in the file at all!).  The file in the pcmcia dist 
looks to be the same as the one on the site.  The stuff on the CISCO site 
looks newer and looks to support PROMISC but I'd rather get it straight from 
the source.  However, it also looks like it may crash (still playing with 
that driver).

My next question is: What is the current support for PROMISC?  I'm sure 
somebody is using it.

Last question: I'm having trouble with WEP connectivity to Windows machines. 
  Any advice?

Thanks a bunch in advance.  I was excited to discover that there was an 
Aironet driver out there that could make my little project possible.

Joe Beda

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