RE: virtual wireless interfaces / WDS

>     dy> clients *cannot* behave as bridges. This is not a constraint
>     dy> of wi(4) or the BSD 802.11 framework, but a constraint that
>     dy> the 802.11 committee gave to us.

I have confirmed that Windows XP 802.11 drivers will pass traffic in a =
bridging fashion when used in ad-hoc mode with the bridging driver =
installed.  It may be out-of-spec, but it exists.

> I haven't read the spec.  Is there a place I can raed it, or it's
> expensive?

The IEEE makes the specification available for download 6 months after =
ratification at http://standards.ieee.org/getieee802/802.11.html.  You =
can read up on the MAC and PHY for .11, .11a, .11b and .11d there.

-Joshua Wright
Senior Network and Security Architect
Johnson & Wales University
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