On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 2:17 AM, Nikos Vassiliadis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Saturday 27 September 2008 20:52:43 Steve Franks wrote: >> I'm getting the following error - ifconfig: BRDGADD ath0: Invalid >> argument >> >> Given the following commands (which work for my tap interface with >> qemu on 7.1, but apparently not with two regular network cards on >> 6.3): >> >> sudo kldload if_bridge >> sudo ifconfig ath0 down >> sudo ifconfig rl0 down >> sudo ifconfig bridge0 destroy >> sudo ifconfig bridge0 create >> sudo ifconfig bridge0 addm ath0 >> sudo ifconfig bridge0 addm rl0 >> sudo ifconfig bridge0 up >> sudo ifconfig ath0 up >> sudo ifconfig rl0 up >> sudo dhclient bridge0 >> ifconfig >> >> I get the following output: >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/home/steve]$ bridge >> kldload: can't load if_bridge: File exists > >> net.link.tap.user_open: 1 -> 1 >> net.link.tap.devfs_cloning: 1 -> 1 >> net.link.tap.up_on_open: 1 -> 1 > > I don't see any sysctl related commands in the script above. > ? > >> ifconfig: BRDGADD ath0: Invalid argument >> ifconfig: BRDGADD rl0: Invalid argument >> DHCPDISCOVER on bridge0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8 >> ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 >> inet 192.168.2.69 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.2.255 >> ether 00:13:f7:4a:0f:a8 >> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (DS/1Mbps) >> status: no carrier >> ssid "" channel 3 >> authmode OPEN privacy ON deftxkey 1 wepkey 1:104-bit txpowmax 39 >> bmiss 7 protmode CTS burst bintval 100 >> rl0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 >> options=8<VLAN_MTU> >> inet 192.168.1.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 >> ether 00:01:6c:16:44:6f >> media: Ethernet autoselect (none) >> status: no carrier >> plip0: flags=108810<POINTOPOINT,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST,NEEDSGIANT> mtu 1500 >> lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384 >> inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4 >> inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 >> inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 >> bridge0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 >> ether ea:57:36:3c:28:0c >> priority 32768 hellotime 2 fwddelay 15 maxage 20 >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/home/steve]$ > > (I think that) > Your wireless card doesn't seem to be in AP mode and if_bridge > can only bridge 802.11 interfaces in AP mode with ethernet inter- > faces. Two things though: > 1) I am not sure if it complains about it as it does above > ifconfig: BRDGADD ath0: Invalid argument > 2) I do not undestand why it complains about rl0. > > What are you trying to achieve? Maybe there is some other way... >
Just trying to string some old printers & the like off my rl0 and get them onto the local wifi net via ath0. ath0 is connected to an AP. Steve _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
