From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MF1MD-0005LK-4d for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 12 Jun 2009 07:39:25 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7031FE03B1; Fri, 12 Jun 2009 07:39:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ew0-f224.google.com (mail-ew0-f224.google.com [209.85.219.224]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35589E03B1 for ; Fri, 12 Jun 2009 07:39:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy24 with SMTP id 24so99436ewy.34 for ; Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:39:22 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:references:message-id:from:to :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:x-mailer :mime-version:subject:date:cc; bh=pCUe62yLOTpqe1SDg09PFEjpUl8ZES/CmvDVhnzZLSA=; b=GH2B756Y3zHmVhek4pOVtnthaUsdWMPjJ7rtBiCQFnS/TOdXCPF7Taih8m7ba21gWy sU1crREMuKsCwcu1jzL9rZ+VSbeX+3e1uZnzb9UxrxwDRw0wmzD+0nWdEb4KpHRnbQZa Vy7jBakbRuDGafY50Ydu+2I4zzJ8wvdBikFVw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=references:message-id:from:to:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:x-mailer:mime-version:subject:date:cc; b=wfB9G3NrYK/SLhtc3AwIuEj+Vs9cUyoXSzhMCjHp3L0nTo699ENLuB0GOh1Cw9iY3r w0EhWuXXuWxd1waq3RzCn158M+58WGTXb/WbEw1pPMAWyb14MUraM5vFSadhYf2aQ0PP obrt8iNN8A/CGU1uzSQz1ZcCCSq7BddTqNp4k= Received: by 10.210.112.1 with SMTP id k1mr465723ebc.33.1244792362635; Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:39:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?10.10.10.11? (88-104-30-180.dynamic.dsl.as9105.com [88.104.30.180]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 10sm1135653eyd.42.2009.06.12.00.39.21 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:39:21 -0700 (PDT) References: <000606ca6620ef53cdcd6e935ccf6c4b.squirrel@jasoncarson.ca> <4A2E3C57.2060402@smash-net.org> <8d3434f676e4ca6527fde5e0c086be25.squirrel@jasoncarson.ca> <4A2EFFEE.6070803@smash-net.org> <22e332067298a86dc79f6def4e071ee3.squirrel@jasoncarson.ca> <4A2F8CEF.6070600@smash-net.org> <4A3011EA.9000908@smash-net.org> <49bf44f10906111513x4f177e37g6570a512256bee0a@mail.gmail.com> <4A319419.4000502@smash-net.org> <87prdaats6.fsf@newton.gmurray.org.uk> Message-Id: From: Matt Causey To: "gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org" In-Reply-To: <87prdaats6.fsf@newton.gmurray.org.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (5G77) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (iPhone Mail 5G77) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Atheros kernel driver and my wireless access point setup Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 08:39:26 +0100 Cc: "gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org" X-Archives-Salt: d271d904-2fbe-44cd-aa1c-0fe836562253 X-Archives-Hash: 688f831af14e39f6db900b06209d65be On 12 Jun 2009, at 06:46, Graham Murray wrote: > Norman Rie=C3=9F 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 =20 > wired > networks, with appropriate firewall rules in place, rather than =20 > bridging > them? > That is the intent of a project I'm working on, and I think it will =20 work well. However most folks don't need the additional complexity of =20= multiple networks. In that case just bridging to the existing subnet =20= is sufficient.=