2010/3/1 Jouni Malinen <j@xxxxx>: > On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 11:58:10PM +0100, Bjarke Istrup Pedersen wrote: > >> There is a problem when trying to create a bridge containing a normal >> NIC and a wireless NIC, and using hostapd. >> >> The problem is, that it is not possible to create a bridge containing >> a wireless NIC, if it hasn't been setup first. >> >> Does anyone have a solution for this? > > How about first creating the br0, then starting hostapd, and finally > adding wlan0 into br0? > >> (The commit that introduced this problem is >> ad4bb6f8883a13bb0f65b194dae36c62a02ac779 , reverting it solves the >> problem). > > I don't know whether I would call that a solution, but well.. > >> For more info, please have a look at this bug report: >> http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=298824 > > I'm not sure whether I understood the description correctly, but this > sounds like a limitation in the way the network setup is done. Forcing > br0 to be created with wlan0 before wlan0 has been configured is not > going to work. I would consider removing wlan0 from the static > configuration of br0 and just creating br0 with eth0 with the setup > scripts and allowing hostapd to add wlan0 into br0 once the interface > has been configured properly (support for this was added in hostapd > 0.7.1). > > -- > Jouni Malinen PGP id EFC895FA > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > Hey, That sounds interresting, is there any chance that that functionality can be added to the 0.6.x branch too? (I'm maintaining hostapd in Gentoo, but cannot stabilize a 0.7.x build, due to it being a development branch) Best regards, Bjarke I. Pedersen -- 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
