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From: Daniel Wagner <wagi-kQCPcA+X3s7YtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org>
To: Johannes Berg <johannes-cdvu00un1VgdHxzADdlk8Q@public.gmane.org>
Cc: netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	linux-wireless-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: No local loopback for mac80211_hwsim test setup
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:07:03 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <49DBA457.7060307@monom.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1238787032.11352.1.camel-YfaajirXv2244ywRPIzf9A@public.gmane.org>

Johannes Berg wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-04-03 at 14:38 +0200, Daniel Wagner wrote:
> 
>> So my question is this possible what I'd like to do? If so, what's the
>> trick to get it working?
> 
> It's not possible locally, unfortunately, afaik.

Ok, I found workaround for my problem. I'm using a VM with a small
linux distro inside. The networking interface is bridge to the wlan
interface. With this setup I can have some services running and have
real traffic over the 'link'. Not really lightweight, but well, I
guess hardware vendors like this approach.

thanks,
daniel
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      parent reply	other threads:[~2009-04-07 19:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-04-03 12:38 No local loopback for mac80211_hwsim test setup Daniel Wagner
2009-04-03 19:30 ` Johannes Berg
     [not found]   ` <1238787032.11352.1.camel-YfaajirXv2244ywRPIzf9A@public.gmane.org>
2009-04-07 19:07     ` Daniel Wagner [this message]

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