Thread (1 message) 1 message, 1 author, 2007-05-10

Re: support for bridging ethernet and 802.11

From: Johannes Berg <hidden>
Date: 2007-05-10 17:19:35
Also in: linux-wireless

On Thu, 2007-05-10 at 10:12 -0700, Jouni Malinen wrote:
IEEE 802.11 allows only the own MAC address to be used as the source
address (addr2) when operating as a non-AP STA in BSS (client in Managed
mode). In other words, layer 2 bridging does not work properly. AP mode
and WDS links can be used for bridging without problems, but this will
of course require the driver to support these.
Ah forgot about that, I had only thought about AP/wired bridging. How
would the prism driver actually do bridging in STA mode though?

johannes

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