Sorry, I'm late to the party.  Just got back from vacationing.

There is a distinct possibility that bridging a wi-fi with an ethernet
interface may not work.  It has to do with the wi-fi driver/device not
repeating a packet with a source MAC address different than the one
programmed into the hardware.

I once tried to create an arp router once using a wi-fi card.  The card
didn't complain, but instead dropped the packet silently.  (Yay!)

NAT routing using IPtables is definitely another way to go.

--R

On Tue, 2008-07-15 at 00:02 -0400, Vern Ceder wrote: 
> Yeah, bridge-utils is what you need. Basically the two interfaces form a 
> bridge and packets that hit one pop out on the other. The only thing to 
> be wary of is that you'll have to assign the bridge an ip and treat it 
> as the bridge machine's interface, IIRC.
> 
> Years ago I did the reverse - turned a laptop into a wireless access 
> point. Those notes are on the wiki somewhere, but are several years out 
> of date. But the process isn't that hard.
> 
> Cheers,
> Vern



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