Come to think of it you wouldn't need to frob
the arp tables since I presume the gateway is
all on the soekris. And with proper dhcp
configuration you could just frob the gateway
address supplied to each access point.
On 03/18/2013 08:03:39 AM, Karl O. Pinc wrote:
> On 03/17/2013 07:47:43 PM, Karl O. Pinc wrote:
>
> > Um, given these requirements, a physical switch would seem to be
> > optimal. (Of course this is the lazy way out, but
> > this way there's absolutely no danger of burning out
> > any precious brain cells from design-fatigue. ;-)
>
> Note that the above reply is a bit snarky. If you want
> to avoid extra hardware there's surely a "best" way
> to do it. I'm not paying enough attention to think
> what it might be. Thinking out loud
> (my having forgotten your requirements) is to use
> a separate network for your access points. You
> could deliver them dhcp, etc. You could frob
> the soekris arp table so that the gateway IP
> address is reachable by all ports with access
> points plugged in. (Something avoided
> by bridging....?) Then your pf rules would filter
> by network. Of course you'd have to setup
> routing tables for the wireless networks
> and I can't remember if you're looking for handover
> to pass a roaming device from one to the next.
>
> Perhaps not the most general solution.....
>
> All the same, spending the time to engineer
> something sounds like it might not be cost effective,
> interesting as it may be to find a way to do it
> "right".
>
>
> Karl <k...@meme.com>
> Free Software: "You don't pay back, you pay forward."
> -- Robert A. Heinlein
>
>
Karl <k...@meme.com>
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