Re: Network bridge between two wi-fi cards

2010-10-18 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Jo, 14 oct 10, 12:41:34, Victor Dorneanu wrote: Hi there! I'd like to create a bridge between 2 WLAN cards. The first one is connected to the Internet via wpa_supplicant, the second one should act as an AP. Both cards work in* promiscuous mode. * Is this possible? You probably want

Re: Bridge between two wi-fi cards

2010-10-15 Thread Stefan Monnier
I'd like to create a bridge between 2 WLAN cards. The first one is connected to the Internet via wpa_supplicant, the second one should act as an AP. Both cards work in promiscuous mode. Never tried it myself, but, maybe you could look at hostapd package. Last I heard, Linux's wifi code

Re: Bridge between two wi-fi cards

2010-10-15 Thread Victor Dorneanu
On 10/15/10 14:54, Stefan Monnier wrote: Last I heard, Linux's wifi code doesn't really support bridging for client nodes (i.e. you can bridge). But of course, this may depend on what exactly you mean by bridging between 2 WLAN cards. I've mentioned it in a previous post: I just want to

Network bridge between two wi-fi cards

2010-10-14 Thread Victor Dorneanu
Hi there! I'd like to create a bridge between 2 WLAN cards. The first one is connected to the Internet via wpa_supplicant, the second one should act as an AP. Both cards work in* promiscuous mode. * Is this possible? Kind regards, Victor -- Victor Dorneanu Contact - Web/Blog:

Bridge between two wi-fi cards

2010-10-14 Thread Victor Dorneanu
Hi there! I'd like to create a bridge between 2 WLAN cards. The first one is connected to the Internet via wpa_supplicant, the second one should act as an AP. Both cards work in* promiscuous mode. * Is this possible? Kind regards, Victor -- Victor Dorneanu Contact - Web/Blog:

Re: Network bridge between two wi-fi cards

2010-10-14 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In 4cb6fa7e.1040...@dornea.nu, Victor Dorneanu wrote: I'd like to create a bridge between 2 WLAN cards. The first one is connected to the Internet via wpa_supplicant, the second one should act as an AP. Both cards work in* promiscuous mode. Is this possible? Mo. Bridging generally refers to

Re: Network bridge between two wi-fi cards

2010-10-14 Thread Victor Dorneanu
Thanks for your answer. Does Debian have some howtos/documentation related to this topic? On 10/14/10 11:31, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: In 4cb6fa7e.1040...@dornea.nu, Victor Dorneanu wrote: I'd like to create a bridge between 2 WLAN cards. The first one is connected to the Internet

Re: Network bridge between two wi-fi cards

2010-10-14 Thread Victor Dorneanu
BTW: If normal bridging doesn't work over wifi, I suppose the easiest way to share my internet connectivity (client-only sense) is to use NAT (correct me if I'm wrong). So which method should I use? NAT or bridging (using ARP proxy)? On 10/14/10 11:31, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: In

Re: Network bridge between two wi-fi cards

2010-10-14 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Thursday 14 October 2010 09:04:41 Victor Dorneanu wrote: BTW: If normal bridging doesn't work over wifi, I suppose the easiest way to share my internet connectivity (client-only sense) is to use NAT (correct me if I'm wrong). So which method should I use? NAT or bridging (using ARP

Re: Network bridge between two wi-fi cards

2010-10-14 Thread PT M.
no need for NAT or proxy, bonding mode 3 could help you http://www.linuxhorizon.ro/bonding.html On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 10:20 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. b...@iguanasuicide.net wrote: On Thursday 14 October 2010 09:04:41 Victor Dorneanu wrote: BTW: If normal bridging doesn't work over wifi,

Re: Network bridge between two wi-fi cards

2010-10-14 Thread Victor Dorneanu
Thanks for the hint. I've never heard of this bounding technique before. I'll certainly have a look at it. -- Victor Dorneanu Sent from my Nokia E72 using my brain. http://dornea.nu --- Original message --- From: PT M. pen...@gmail.com To: b...@iguanasuicide.net Cc:

Re: Bridge between two wi-fi cards

2010-10-14 Thread Didar Hossain
On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 6:04 PM, Victor Dorneanu vic...@dornea.nu wrote: Hi there! I'd like to create a bridge between 2 WLAN cards. The first one is connected to the Internet via wpa_supplicant, the second one should act as an AP. Both cards work in promiscuous mode. Never tried it myself,