Kel Modderman wrote:
> On Friday 21 March 2008 08:28:01 Kel Modderman wrote:
>
>> 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="$IFACE"
>>> fi
>>>
>>> If I have an interfaces stanza:
>>>
>>> iface bridge inet manual
>>> pre-up ip link set up dev wlan0 # (Needed with iwl3945)
>>> bridge_ports wlan0
>>> wpa_iface wlan0
>>> wpa_roam /etc/network/wpa_supplicant.conf
>>>
>
> Aha, i missed this bit, you combine bridge mode with roaming daemon? This
> is...
> interesting.
>
Is that another way of saying "you're crazy!" :O)
> Don't roam with a bridged interface, I don't think the wpa-roam schema will
> ever be extended to support this.
>
I want / 'need' to bridge because I want to
a) use my laptop as a wireless bridge ocassionaly
b) link in a VDE2 tap interface onto the bridge so that test qemu
instances can get bridged onto the network properly.
I'm sure it is possible :O)
In /etc/wpa_supplicant/functions.sh in the "ifup" function used
/sbin/wpa_action.sh, it does:
/sbin/ifup
"$WPA_IFACE=$WPA_LOGICAL_IFACE"
Can that be changed to an if statement that checks to see if
IF_WPA_IFACE is set, and it so uses it
if ([ "x$IF_WPA_IFACE" == "x" ]); then /sbin/ifup
"$WPA_IFACE=$WPA_LOGICAL_IFACE"
else; /sbin/ifup "$IF_WPA_IFACE=$WPA_LOGICAL_IFACE"
fi
I don't know if the IF_WPA_IFACE gets passed through to that point, and
I havent tested it.
Just testing my logic :O)
--
Paul
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