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The term WirelessEthernetBridge generally refers to a device that bridges between a WirelessEthernet segment (802.11) and a WiredEthernet segment (802.3). Generally you will have one RJ45 port and one antenna connection.

Some examples of a WirelessEthernetBridge
* [WET11]

See EthernetBridge

!!Setting Up A Compaq WL200 Wireless Card as a Wireless Access Point

Note:  These notes are [Debian] Specific.

# Download the latest kernel source - I used 2.4.20 at the time of writing.
# Grab all relevant wireless patches to your chosen kernel from [http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html].
# apt-get install wireless-tools
# Grab hostap from [http://hostap.epitest.fi].  I'm using version 2002-10-12.
# Grab pcmcia-cs from [http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net], and uninstall the existing package if it's installed (apt-get remove pcmcia-cs --purge).
# Unpack your kernel, and patch with the wireless extensions patches.  Configure it - ensure you DISABLE pcmcia support and ENABLE wireless LAN support and 802.1d ethernet bridging.  Make dep bzImage modules modules_install, install the image, and update your boot loader.
# Boot your new kernel - makes life easier! :)
# Unpack pcmcia-cs and hostap.  Change into the hostap source directory, and copy drivers/* into /path/to/pcmcia-cs-x.x.x
# Change into your pcmcia-cs directory and make config, then make all, then make install.
# Edit /etc/defaults/pcmcia and add PCIC_OPTS='irq_mode=1 fast_pci=1'
# Edit /etc/modutils/aliases and add alias wlan0 hostap_cs, then run update-modules.
# OK, /etc/init.d/pcmcia start should now start your WL200 in AP mode! :)  You can modify the startup options in /etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts
# To create a bridge, modify /etc/network/interfaces:

auto br0%%%
iface br0 inet static%%%
       address 192.168.1.1%%%
       network 192.168.1.0%%%
       netmask 255.255.255.0%%%
       broadcast 192.168.1.255%%%
       bridge_ports wlan0 eth0%%%
       up \%%%
       /sbin/iwconfig wlan0 essid wlug && \%%%
       /sbin/iwconfig wlan0 channel 1 && \%%%
       /sbin/iwconfig wlan0 mode Master%%%


Hope this helps someone out there.
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Last edited on Sunday, March 2, 2003 4:40:51 pm by GreigMcGill
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