Re: getting wi running as a bridge

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            Jacques Caron <[email protected]> writes:
: And this won't work with two boxes configured as APs: they won't talk to 
: each other (only stations talk to APs). And regular stations can't bridge 
: (because of differences in the 802.11 frame format depending on whether the 
: source/destination MAC addresses match the wireless cards or something else).

This is true.  However, with one AP, it works great.  Multiple APs are
supported by the Linux hostap driver.

: To obtain a real 802.11 bridge, you need the cards to be able to run in 
: so-called WDS mode, but I'm not even sure this is supported with the PRISM 
: cards, let alone the Orinocos.

No.  WDS mode is used for repeaters, not for roaming between APs.

: Your only options are:
: - route instead of bridging: this requires 3 subnets (one for each LAN and 
: a /30 for the wireless link), and IP forwarding enabled
: - set up some form of tunnel
: - a specific case of the above, setup an IPsec VPN between the two boxes.
: 
: Note that the latter options probably require some sort of routing too, or 
: you'll need to do some fun things with proxy ARP or promiscuous mode somehow...

I'm not sure that I follow this advise.  It seems to not match with
the setup that I'm running right now typing this in.

Warner

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