>From: "Ian C. Blenke" <icblenke@nks.net>
>Reply-To: slug@nks.net
>To: slug@nks.net
>Subject: Re: [SLUG] Laptop Bridge
>Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2006 00:25:05 -0400
>
><snip>
>There are issues with bridging wifi. I've had many a hairy issue with
>bridging wireless networks, and getting them to work with different
>vendor hardware. Needless to say, bridging and wireless can be tricky at
>times:
>
>http://linux-net.osdl.org/index.php/Bridge#It_doesn.27t_work_with_my_Wireless_card.21
>
>"This is a known problem, and it is not caused by the bridge code. Many
>wireless cards don't allow spoofing of the source address. It is a
>firmware restriction with some chipsets. You might find some information
>in the bridge mailing list archives to help. "
>
>Namely, "Doing full bridging of wireless (802.11) requires supporting WDS."
>
><snip>
Thanks for the heads up, Ian. Would it make more sense to set the laptop up
as a router instead of a bridge to avoid the problems that some wireless
chipsets have in this situation? There will be no services running. We only
need access to websites for all the PCs without wireless adapters.
Jonathon
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