Hi Erik, On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 5:40 AM, Erik Elmore <erik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, linux-wireless. I have an idea that I'd like to get some > feedback from you all. I admit this idea is weird/flawed/broken and > seemingly useless, but I do have a practical application in mind, so > please hear me out. > > Imagine two physical locations, site 1 and 2, that are well outside of > normal wifi range of each other. Each site has a device that listens > for a subset of wifi frames and then sends them over a distribution > network to its counterpart at the other site. Each device will also > re-transmit frames received via the distribution network. Let's call > these devices listener1 and listener2. > > Each site also contains one client device that wants to form an ad-hoc > network with the one in the other site. Assuming that listener1 and > listener2 are configured to forward frames having a TA belonging to > the client device in their site, is it feasible for these devices to > form an ad-hoc network with the help of the listener devices? Firstly, what's the big plan? - I can't see any useful reason to "tunnel" ad-hoc networks between two points, assuming that you did have all the hardware and software working properly, what is the end goal here, why do you need to have two devices at remote locations form an ad-hoc network with each other? What goal do you have in mind that wouldn't work with a normal managed network? Just so you know, this sort of setup is almost painfully easy to achieve if you use managed networks. - You could simply have a VPN or tunnelling setup of some type between the two access points and have that bridged into the wireless network. This would be 100% transparent as far as clients on the network would be concerned. My previous job had a network that worked somewhat like that with VPNs connecting three offices with WiFi, two data centres and several remote clients into a "single" big network. Thanks, -- Julian Calaby Email: julian.calaby@xxxxxxxxx Profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/julian.calaby/ .Plan: http://sites.google.com/site/juliancalaby/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
