Thank you! Brian and Dimistrios. Timolthy
--- Dimitrios Sidiropoulos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Timolthy, > > Address4 is the address of the host(s) behind the > "Wireless Ethernet-Client". (WEC) > > Although Address4 is NOT a "WiFi must" it is in the > IEEE .11b specs. > > Most early .11b WiFi certified APs such as Lucent > AP500 AP1000, Cisco 340, etc did > not support address4 just up to address3 since WiFi > was designed with a single mac > client in mind. (pcmcia/PCI) > > This is the reason most WECs such as CB3, WET11, etc > are forced to proxy arp the > macs of the hosts behind the client (address4) to > the mac of the Ehternet Client. > (address3) > > Drawback of the address3 WECs are: > > Only 64 active macs on the arp table > Only TCP/IP passes through > All other traffic (such as PPPoE) passes via hacks > on the IP stack or it doesn't pass. > > e.g. > 1. CB3 client can only pass 1 PPPoE request from the > IP of the source host and the > mac of the CB3. Second PPPoE request will show up on > the PPPoE server with the IP of > the new source but the same mac of the CB3 so it > will be dropped by the PPPoE > server. > > 2. Exactely the opposite regarding HotSpot > authentication. Once the first host > behind an address3 WEC authenticates to a HotSpot > then all ohter hosts "are" > authenticated as well. > > Thank you > -- > Dimitri > > http://www.vergina.net > > > Hello, > > > > There is the MAC address 4 in the packet/frame, > it's > > support to be AP1 (Source AP's MAC) but I never > seen > > the Address 4 in the Airopeek sniffer. Did anyone > of > > you have seen this Address 4? Station 1 sends to > > Station 2. > > > > Station 1 ----- AP1 --| > > |_____ > > | > > Station 2 ----- AP2 --| > > > > Thanks, > > > > Timolthy > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Meet the all-new My Yahoo! - Try it today! > > http://my.yahoo.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > BAWUG's general wireless chat mailing list > > [unsubscribe] > http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > > > _______________________________________________ > BAWUG's general wireless chat mailing list > [unsubscribe] > http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail _______________________________________________ BAWUG's general wireless chat mailing list [unsubscribe] http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
