From: Martin Whitlock (martin.whitlock_at_possio.com)
Date: 2002-02-28 16:27:27 UTC
Hi,
I want to connect my wlan0 interface to a bridge, not in master mode but in managed mode. I add the interface by an ordinary 'brctl addif bridge wlan0', and the WLAN card enters promiscious mode. By using the 'showmacs' command in brctl I can see the MAC addresses of the devices on the other side of the AP, but I have experienced problems with connecting devices on the other side of my bridge. I wonder if this is due to problems with WLAN ACKs when the client card is set in promiscious mode? I understand that there might occur some problems with that since the MAC address of a device connected to the other side of the bridge doesn't correspond to the MAC address of the WLAN card that I have set in promiscious mode.
This is a _very_ simple schematics of my configuration:
WLAN AP ----------- WLAN Client (prism2 driver) <--bridge--> Ethernet if
Any help is very appreciated!
/Martin