From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>
To: "jharvell+lists.bridge@dogpad.net" <jharvell+lists.bridge@dogpad.net>
Cc: "Bridge@lists.linux-foundation.org" <Bridge@lists.linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [Bridge] no wireless interfaces?
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 09:48:54 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110429094854.360b9746@nehalam> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4DBAE90C.8030808@dogpad.net>
On Fri, 29 Apr 2011 11:36:28 -0500
"jharvell+lists.bridge@dogpad.net" <jharvell+lists.bridge@dogpad.net> wrote:
> I tried to bridge a wireless interface to a wired Ethernet interface,
> and it failed with "Operation not supported."
>
> Looking at the kernel code, it seems like this is intentional. I
> noticed the following in br_add_if:
>
> /* No bridging devices that dislike that (e.g. wireless) */
> if (dev->priv_flags & IFF_DONT_BRIDGE)
> return -EOPNOTSUPP;
>
> I'm curious to know why this is not supported.
See discussion on netdev. Basically without some form of MAC spoofing
(NAT at level 2); it is not possible to bridge in station mode.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-04-29 16:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-04-29 16:36 [Bridge] no wireless interfaces? jharvell+lists.bridge
2011-04-29 16:48 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
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2011-04-29 16:33 Joe Harvell
2011-04-30 3:26 ` Joel Wiramu Pauling
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