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WL1837MOD: bridging to linux in client mode

Michael Shklyarman
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Part Number: WL1837MOD

Champs, question from customer:

Using the wl18xx driver, is it possible to add a WLAN interface that is in client mode to a Linux bridge? I tried the following:

 

<use wpa_supplicant to associate with an AP on wlan0>

brctl addbr br0

brctl addif br0 wlan0

 

The commands work if wlan0 is an AP, but if it’s a client, it fails with “Operation not supported.”

 

Is this a limitation of the driver?

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    TI__Mastermind 35795 points
    hi , linux bridge does level 2 bridging and i don't believe it will allow to add managed wlan0 network to bridge interface. There are ways to do it by switching on 4addr on wlan0 using iw utility but then AP will start discarding normal data packets from wlan0 interface . This is not a driver drawback

    Saurabh