Return-path: Received: from mail.candelatech.com ([208.74.158.172]:37990 "EHLO ns3.lanforge.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753777Ab1HCFdl (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Aug 2011 01:33:41 -0400 Received: from [50.47.228.156] (50-47-228-156.evrt.wa.frontiernet.net [50.47.228.156]) (authenticated bits=0) by ns3.lanforge.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id p735XdVd000952 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 2 Aug 2011 22:33:40 -0700 Message-ID: <4E38DDB3.1030801@candelatech.com> (sfid-20110803_073359_906461_41F4F32C) Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2011 22:33:39 -0700 From: Ben Greear MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Bridging wired to STA interfaces. Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: We have some interest in being able to bridge wired systems to (virtual) STA interfaces, primarily for using third-party traffic generation tools over virtual stations. I was thinking of writing a sta-bridge module that mapped incoming packets on a wired interface to a STA with MAC that matched the source MAC of the packet. All packets received on the STA would be forwarded un-modified out the wired port. I think this would allow someone to create a STA interface with MAC matching a PC connected to the wired port and effectively have it be a transparent bridge between STA and PC. Has anyone attempted something like this before? Any interest in having this feature in the upstream kernel? Thanks, Ben -- Ben Greear Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com