On Mar 15, 6:07 am, marksouth <m...@really.invalid> wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:42:11 -0700, bob wrote:
> > On Mar 14, 3:42 pm, marksouth <m...@really.invalid> wrote:
> >> On Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:44:36 +0100, marksouth wrote:
> >> > On Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:49:10 +0100, marksouth wrote:
>
> >> >> I'm trying and, so far, failing, to get a wireless bridge setup
> >> >> working.
>
> >> (...etc)
>
> >> I posted this query several days back. Does anyone have any ideas at
> >> all? Even a hint?
>
> > I'm trying to do the same thing to connect my entertainment center boxes
> > (TiVo and xboxes) to the existing wireless network. When I connect
> > using the standard client wireless configuration (non-hostap), the
> > wireless interface gets an IP address and I can ping through the wired
> > connection with no problem. However, trips through the bridge fail.
>
> Yes, that's exactly the behaviour I have managed to see so far.
>
> > If I configure the wireless interface for hostap mode, then I no longer
> > get an IP address across the wireless.
>
> Indeed. So either there is something that we are both missing, or what
> we are trying to do simply cannot be done.
>
> > What's interesting is that I was able to create a bridge using Windows
> > XP Home and it worked fine. I needed to set the adapter to "Force
> > Compatibility Mode." The article (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/
> > library/bb457038.aspx) mentioned that some wireless NICs don't support
> > promiscuous mode. This may be the case with the NIC I'm using (Linksys
> > WUSB54GC using rum0).
>
> I've managed to set up a wireless link like this before (not in bridge
> mode) using Firestarter+DHCP on a Linux box, but I'd like to use OpenBSD
> because the wireless driver for the PCI card I have is way superior.
>
> > I'll keep trying here, but I've never done this in OpenBSD and I have to
> > admit that I'm not a network guru.
>
> I would like it if someone more knowledgeable would jump in and tell us
> which it is: (a) can't be done or (b) we're doing it wrong. If (b), it
> would also be nice to have a pointer to what we're doing wrong....

I did some more searching and found an article about linux and
wireless bridging:
http://linux-net.osdl.org/index.php/...reless_card.21

It appears that the problem (at least in linux) is a limitation in the
interface firmware.