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Re: [RFC v2] mac80211: disallow bridging managed/adhoc interfaces

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On Tue, 2009-11-17 at 14:42 -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote:

> > Felix has recently added a four-address mode to the AP
> > and client side that can be used (after negotiating that
> > it is possible, which must happen out-of-band by setting
> > up both sides) for bridging, so allow that case.

> Looks good, maybe true four-address mode support will be available
> more widely, and this will no longer be an issue.

Doubt it, it breaks the current 802.11 standard, and I think 802.1X too
if you use WPA/RSN. Anyway, thanks.

I'll take a look tomorrow if we can do this generically in cfg80211, and
then send a [PATCH] either way.

johannes

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