[MLB-WIRELESS] Bridge vs router vs AP

[simmans at datafast.net.au]

Using a linux box with the enterasys card acting as an AP and a router what
drivers and software would I need?
ta  george



> unless you have a Prism based wireless card and you use the Linux
> Prism2 Host AP driver which in fact uses the built in AP functions in
> the Prism chipset in order to function like a normal AP.  You don't
> need any routing setup in your box for this.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ben Holko" <Ben.Holko at GlobalCenter.net.au>
> To: <melbwireless at wireless.org.au>
> Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 3:29 PM
> Subject: RE: Re[2]: [MLB-WIRELESS] Bridge vs router vs AP
>
>
>> your linux box would be acting as a router - and forwarding packets as
>> defined by the routing table, with IP forwarding
>>
>> at this layer, it doesnt matter that one of the cards is wireless, the
>> ip stack would just see a packet that needs to get forwarded out an
> interface -
>> just like using two "normal" ethernet cards
>>
>> Ben
>>
>>
>> Ben Holko
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-melbwireless at wireless.org.au
>> [mailto:owner-melbwireless at wireless.org.au]On Behalf Of Robbie Werner
>> Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 2:55 PM
>> To: melbwireless at wireless.org.au
>> Subject: Re: Re[2]: [MLB-WIRELESS] Bridge vs router vs AP
>>
>>
>> So what would be required on a Linux box to route packets from a
>> wireless network into a normal wired LAN?
>>
>> That's what I don't really understand:  Getting the wireless network
>> to
> talk
>> to the LAN in a relatively transparent manner.
>>
>> -Rob
>>
>>
>> on 30/5/02 2:26 PM, evilbunny at evilbunny at sydneywireless.com wrote:
>>
>> > Hello Andrew,
>> >
>> > An AP is in fact a bridge, which for all intents and purposes is a
>> > hub, however non IP traffic is filtered by it...
>> >
>> > eg, wireless frame headers aren't sent onto the ethernet segment and
>> > vice versa, bridges have commonly been used in the past to keep
>> > macintosh and PC networks apart, ie appletalk and MS filesharing
>> > aren't sent to both parts of the network so as to keep the clutter
>> > on a network segment to a minimum...
>>
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