From: Stefan Monnier <monnier-CRDzTM1onBSWkKpYnGOUKg@public.gmane.org>
To: linux-wireless-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Cc: netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [RFC v2] mac80211: disallow bridging managed/adhoc interfaces
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:59:03 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvy6m4bnqp.fsf-monnier+gmane.linux.kernel.wireless.general@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 1258490898.21197.42.camel@johannes.local
> A number of people have tried to add a wireless interface
> (in managed mode) to a bridge and then complained that it
> doesn't work. It cannot work, however, because in 802.11
[...]
> To avoid such mistakes in the future, disallow adding a
> wireless interface to a bridge.
As someone who's been bitten by this, I fully support this change.
Still, it makes me wonder: my broadcom-based home-router using the wl.o
driver can be set in "client bridge" mode. How does it work?
Stefan
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-11-18 1:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-11-17 13:46 [RFC] mac80211: disallow bridging managed/adhoc interfaces Johannes Berg
[not found] ` <1258465585.3682.7.camel-YfaajirXv2244ywRPIzf9A@public.gmane.org>
2009-11-17 13:58 ` John W. Linville
2009-11-17 14:04 ` Johannes Berg
2009-11-17 14:04 ` Michael Buesch
[not found] ` <200911171504.54170.mb-fseUSCV1ubazQB+pC5nmwQ@public.gmane.org>
2009-11-17 14:06 ` John W. Linville
2009-11-17 14:07 ` Johannes Berg
[not found] ` <1258466868.3682.13.camel-YfaajirXv2244ywRPIzf9A@public.gmane.org>
2009-11-17 16:37 ` Stephen Hemminger
2009-11-17 16:43 ` Johannes Berg
[not found] ` <1258476223.21197.0.camel-YfaajirXv2244ywRPIzf9A@public.gmane.org>
2009-11-17 17:04 ` Stephen Hemminger
2009-11-17 17:05 ` Johannes Berg
2009-11-17 20:41 ` Dan Williams
2009-11-17 20:48 ` [RFC v2] " Johannes Berg
[not found] ` <1258490898.21197.42.camel-YfaajirXv2244ywRPIzf9A@public.gmane.org>
2009-11-17 22:42 ` Julian Calaby
2009-11-17 22:46 ` Johannes Berg
2009-11-17 22:50 ` Julian Calaby
2009-11-17 22:42 ` Stephen Hemminger
2009-11-17 22:45 ` Johannes Berg
2009-11-18 1:59 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
[not found] ` <jwvy6m4bnqp.fsf-monnier+gmane.linux.kernel.wireless.general-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org>
2009-11-18 2:59 ` John W. Linville
[not found] ` <20091118025920.GA4588-2XuSBdqkA4R54TAoqtyWWQ@public.gmane.org>
2009-11-18 10:52 ` Johannes Berg
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