From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <481597F3.6060400@sneakemail.com> Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:25:07 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=22Peter_Valdemar_M=F8rch_=28Lists=29=22?= <4ux6as402@sneakemail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: [Bridge] Ethernet+Wireless Bridge? List-Id: Linux Ethernet Bridging List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: bridge@lists.linux-foundation.org Hi, Sorry for posting again, but I must have been asking the wrong question. How do I get a bridge with an ethernet and a wireless interface to work? I see many HOWTOs on the internet using brctl and ifconfig doing what I=20 would do with two ethernet interfaces, but I simply have not been successful using my wireless interface with the ipw3945 driver. Is that=20 because of the hardware+driver or is there some magic I'm missing (apart=20 from parprouted or iptables, which does work but is not what I want) ? http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/Net:Bridge#It_doesn.27t_work_with_my_Wir= eless_card.21 tells me to expect this. It says: > FAQ 7.16: It doesn't work with my Wireless card! >=20 > This is a known problem, and it is not caused by the bridge code. > Many wireless cards don't allow spoofing of the source address. It is > a firmware restriction with some chipsets. You might find some > information in the bridge mailing list archives to help. ... HELP! Are the HOWTOs wrong, or is the above FAQ info wrong? What cards can I buy that are not part of "many wireless cards"? I=20 prefer USB hardware but I don't know what to buy. I got two responses to my last post: https://lists.linux-foundation.org/pipermail/bridge/2008-April/005797.html One to use brctl (which doesn't work for me!) and one to run my linux=20 bridge under VMware on a windows host (which is not what I want). I'm wondering about the lack of answers. Am I asking a stupid question?=20 Is there any obvious reading I haven't done? Even an answer like "Forget=20 it. You'll never get a ethernet/wireless bridge to work under Linux. The=20 FAQ should be changed from 'many' to 'all'." would also be helpful, as I=20 would stop trying and stop posting! :D Peter --=20 Peter Valdemar M=F8rch http://www.morch.com