2009/4/30 richardvoigt@xxxxxxxxx <richardvoigt@xxxxxxxxx>: > > > On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 9:21 PM, Jochen Hebbrecht > <jochenhebbrecht@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Ross Vandegrift schreef: >> >> On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 06:40:25PM +0200, Jochen Hebbrecht wrote: >> >> >> Yes, it is plugged in ( Ubuntu says: link is ready ). >> I also tried statically, but no improvements :-( ... >> >> >> Is your wireless access point also bridging between the wired and the >> wireless? If so, then you have two bridges circulating packets >> between the wired and wireless networks. >> >> >> What do you mean with "wireless access point"? My eth1? I think the bridge >> is ok. In one of my previous mails, you see the sniffer logging DHCP >> discovers on eth0 AND eth1 > > That's at the IP stack. At the firmware level, most wireless cards will > refuse to transmit/receive packets with other MAC addresses, making them > useless for AP or bridging. Yours is apparently not one of those since > bridging works in Windows (or else the Windows bridge code does transparent > routing w/MAC address replacement, rather like NAT or PAT but working at > layer 2 instead of 3). > > That's why I suggested testing for the DHCP discover on a different wireless > node. Hmm, can you explain to me how I can try to use a different wireless node? _______________________________________________ Bridge mailing list Bridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bridge
