William Michael Grim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My ndis0 card is a TNET1130 (ACX111 chipset) and can be put into > promiscuous mode. > > I was wondering if if_bridge can be used to bridge this ndis0 and my rl0? > I have tried to do it using these commands: > # ifconfig bridge0 create > # ifconfig bridge0 addm ndis0 addm rl0 > # ifconfig bridge0 up > > Using those above commands, I cannot get traffic from my wired network > through the wireless interface to my wireless AP in my roommate's room > (where the cable connection is). So, while most people want to connect > their 802.11 to their wired connection, I want to do just the opposite.
Bridging only works if the wireless NIC is in ad-hoc or hostap mode. There was a thread about if_bridge and wireless NICs in infrastructure mode about week ago on freebsd-net: http://freebsd.rambler.ru/bsdmail/freebsd-net_curr/msg00104.html > Is there anything I can do, or am I screwed unless I get another wireless > card that works with if_bridge? I have a similar setup and I use NAT instead. Fabian -- http://www.fabiankeil.de/
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