Re: [Madwifi-users] Wireless bridge

[Alfred A. <al...@cc...>]

Hi,

>Is this something that can be overridden, and if not, why not? Is it due
>to
>limitations in the MadWifi open-source driver, or is it in the HAL, the
>hardware, or even in the 802.11 standard forbidden to accept packet from
>non-directly connected MAC-addresses?

It is in fact a limitation of the 802.11 standard.  The master only knows
the client's MAC address, and won't accept packets from non-associated
stations.  To bridge two LANs, you either need some tricky 'MAC
masquerading' that hides the complete LAN behind the client's MAC
address, or you have to set up a WDS link that uses four-address frames
for transporting packets over the WLAN.

Best regards

Alfred Arnold

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