Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] Connecting through Batman advanced interface

[wayne <plettpc@gmail.com>]

Clemens John wrote:
> Am Samstag 29 Januar 2011, 19:00:50 schrieb Marek Lindner:
>> Hi,
>>
>>> I think if we don't want to change back our configuration (batman-adv on
>>> vpn with its mtu-problems etc.) the simplest way would be connecting a
>>> usual router to the wrt54g.
>> I don't think the VPN is the problem here but the fact that you can't
>> bridge an interface running in adhoc mode. Ad-hoc is "lacks" a field in
>> the wifi header which makes bridging impossible.
>> However, I agree with your proposed solution - another router connected to
>> the Ethernet of the wrt54g can solve the issue.
> 
> This is not possible in this case (I don´t have another router).
> 
> Is there onother (maybe harder) way or a hack to do get the same result like 
> when bridging two interfaces? Maybe with iptables?
> 
> Or does anyone know what the status of multiple ssid on wrt54g with kernel 2.6 
> is?
> 
> Regards
> Clemens


IIRC, this is not a software problem, this is a limitation with the 
hardware radio device, so I wouldnt hold my breath.

Wayne A