On Wed, 12 Feb 2003, liqiang zhang wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> Since the bridge code can take care of both wired and
> wireless frames, I am just wondering how does it do
> this? cause the wired and wireless have different

> implemenation of bridge and iptables? I found most
> stuff on website are just telling how to use these
> things.
> Any help is appreciated, thanks in advance!
>

Trick is WDS (wireless distribution system). It uses four MAC address
format in 803.11b frame. You don't find glue from bridge code, but hostap
code yes.

check:
hostap.epitest.fi


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