Re: [gentoo-user] Atheros kernel driver and my wireless access point setup

[Matt Causey <matt.causey@gmail.com>]

On 12 Jun 2009, at 06:46, Graham Murray <graham@gmurray.org.uk> wrote:

> Norman Rieß <norman@smash-net.org> writes:
>
>> What do you want to do with your accesspoint. You will need a bridge
>> to a wired network if you want your ap attached to that wired
>> network. This is quite usual though...
>> Without a bridge to a wired network, only the wlan systems are
>> connected and can not connect to your wired systems.
>
> Would it not normally be better to route between the wireless and  
> wired
> networks, with appropriate firewall rules in place, rather than  
> bridging
> them?
>
That is the intent of a project I'm working on, and I think it will  
work well.  However most folks don't need the additional complexity of  
multiple networks.  In that case just bridging to the existing subnet  
is sufficient.