Perfect!  That (and the iptables rule) did the trick.

Thanks!

--
Shaun

On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 01:15:25PM -0600, Jim TerWee wrote:
> This is all fine but your wireless stations will not route though the
> iptables when they are on the same antenna. I am not sure if the iptables
> is right but you will need to do the following:
> 
> Taken from the hostap readme
> 
> Usage: prism2_param <interface> <parameter> [value]
> 
> ex. prism2_param netcs0 ap_bridge_packets 0
> 
> ap_bridge_packets:
>               0 = do not bridge packets between associated stations, i.e.,
>                       just pass them to upper layers for handling
>               1 = bridge packets directly between associated tations,i.e.,
>                       upper layers do not even see these packets
> 
> 
> > Hello All -
> >
> > I'd like to filter netbios communications between my wireless clients.
> > I make iptables rule(s) that should stop all the traffic between the
> > wireless folks, but they are still able to do windows shares, etc.  I
> > would assume that:
> >
> >     iptables -A FORWARD -i netcs0 -o netcs0 -j DROP
> >
> > where netcs0 is my wireless interface would stop them from seeing one
> > another, but it doesn't.  Advertised shares are visible and can be used
> > through my soekris box anyway.
> >
> > From my reading, I'm getting the idea that netbios (or netbuei?) is the
> > protocol being used by windows to advertise and implement windows
> > networking (shares, etc.).  Is that independant of IP?  Shouldn't
> > iptables be able to filter that anyway?  tcpdump doesn't list an IP
> > address for the traffic I believe I'm trying to stop, just MAC addresses
> > and things like 'sap' and 'ip-sap' instead of port numbers.
> >
> > How do I filter windows networking traffic with my soekris box / wisp
> > combo?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > --
> > Shaun McIntyre
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
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> 
> 


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