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From: Graham Murray <graham@×××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Atheros kernel driver and my wireless access point setup
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 05:46:42
Message-Id: 87prdaats6.fsf@newton.gmurray.org.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Atheros kernel driver and my wireless access point setup by "Norman Rieß"
1 Norman Rieß <norman@×××××××××.org> writes:
2
3 > What do you want to do with your accesspoint. You will need a bridge
4 > to a wired network if you want your ap attached to that wired
5 > network. This is quite usual though...
6 > Without a bridge to a wired network, only the wlan systems are
7 > connected and can not connect to your wired systems.
8
9 Would it not normally be better to route between the wireless and wired
10 networks, with appropriate firewall rules in place, rather than bridging
11 them?

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Re: [gentoo-user] Atheros kernel driver and my wireless access point setup Matt Causey <matt.causey@×××××.com>