From: PinkFreud (pf-hostap_at_mirkwood.net)
Date: 2002-09-13 22:19:20 UTC
On Fri, Sep 13, 2002 at 09:42:48PM +0300, Jouni Malinen babbled thus:
> Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 21:42:48 +0300
> From: Jouni Malinen <jkmaline_at_cc.hut.fi>
> To: hostap_at_lists.ssh.com
> Subject: Re: Abou WDS with hostap
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> On Fri, Sep 13, 2002 at 01:30:10PM -0400, PinkFreud wrote:
>
> > > same host (and please also note that managed mode does not allow
> > > link-layer bridge functionality).
> >
> > Is this the case with ad-hoc mode as well? That might explain why I
> > was having problems with ARP replies...
>
> Yes, link-layer bridge works only in Master mode or when using WDS
> links ('Repeater' mode in Host AP driver). ARP replies can (of course)
> be sent with the station's own address as the source address, but not
> with other addresses.
Hmmm. That's what got me, though - the laptop was sending an ARP reply, but it never got to the other end of the wireless link. I confirmed this by running a sniffer on the three hosts I involved in that test - the laptop (wireless node), the gateway (wired + wireless - bridging *somewhat* worked in ad-hoc mode, but I noticed some slowness), and the host on the other end of the gateway's wired link. In all cases, the laptop was able to find the remote host's MAC, but when it tried to respond to ARP requests itself, the gateway never received them.
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