severity 471858 minor tags 471858 moreinfo thanks On Friday 21 March 2008 03:50:04 Paul Hedderly wrote: > /etc/network/if-up.d/wpasupplicant says: > > # allow wpa_supplicant interface to be specified via wpa-iface > # useful for starting wpa_supplicant on one interface of a bridge > if [ -n "$IF_WPA_IFACE" ]; then > WPA_IFACE="$IF_WPA_IFACE" > else > WPA_IFACE="$IFACE" > fi > > If I have an interfaces stanza: > > iface bridge inet manual > pre-up ip link set up dev wlan0 # (Needed with iwl3945) > bridge_ports wlan0 > wpa_iface wlan0 > wpa_roam /etc/network/wpa_supplicant.conf > > and > > iface default inet dhcp > > Then ifup br will bring up the bridge - and wpa_supplicant is started on > wlan0 that is all fine. > > > The problem is that wpa_supplicant configures IP on the wlan0 interface > not the bridge. So as it stands the wpa_iface option > is great idea but NBG :O)
wpa_supplicant does nothing about configuring IP address and the like, it just handles authentication. Having said that, I've had little success getting an wireless interface in a bridge in sta mode to pass on traffic, this seems to be a limitation of some drivers/firmwares. Thanks, Kel. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
