Re[2]: [Madwifi-users] Bridge in 'managed' mode

[Dan S. <da...@ad...>]

Hi,

If you think about it, it doesn't make sense to try to put an 802.11
station's interface in "promiscuous mode", as, due to the nature of
the 802.11 protocol, stations only ever receive frames where the
destination MAC address is their own MAC address, all frames within an
IBSS need to be routed/bridged through the AP. You want to use WDS,
or some kind of ethernet-in-IP tunneling over the wireless link, then
bridge the ends of the ethernet-in-IP tunnel (e.g. vtun).

Dan...


Wednesday, November 9, 2005, 2:36:55 PM, you wrote:

> Hello!

> You CANNOT bridge a wireless interface unless it is in MASTER mode.

> Just the way it is.  (Im sure there is SOME way, probably propriatery or
> fancy routing, but no easy way)

> Jerryf


> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kevin Brown" <iti...@ho...>
> To: <mad...@li...>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 9:11 PM
> Subject: [Madwifi-users] Bridge in 'managed' mode


>> Hello all,
>>
>> I have managed to make a customized AP using Metrix on a WRAP board with
>> an Ubiquiti SR-2.  That is working fine (except that I cannot contact br0
>> if I'm connected to the wireless device...), but in trying to make a CPE
>> (a bridge that connects to the AP and customer's computer) I'm having some
>> trouble.
>>
>> First, both the the ethernet (eth0) and wireless (ath0) work flawlessly
>> seperately, but when they are bridged, ath0 no longer works.  If I ping a
>> device that I am certain is connected to ath0, it will time out.  But, if
>> I ping a device that is connected to eth0 there are no problems. 
>> Interestingly, if I delete eth0 (brcrl delif br0 eth0) from the bridge,
>> the machines on the wireless network are now accessable.
>>
>> As a note, if a computer is hooked up to eth0, as expected, no packets
>> make it over to ath0.
>>
>> I am using madwifi CVS from about a week back now (time flies) on Linux
>> 2.4.29.
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Kevin Brown.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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