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Create a secure Linux-based wireless access point

Posted by: Anonymous [ip: 201.17.138.115] on December 09, 2007 07:40 PM
Is there a specif reason for bridging the two interfaces other than rounting the IP traffic through the gateway route table?

I managed to install my Atheros AR5212 based card, but after trying to bridge it with my other 3Com NIC and several kernel panics I cannot even bring the interface up anymore.

user@host ~ $ sudo grep wifi /var/log/messages
Dec 9 10:40:18 host wifi%d: unable to attach hardware: 'Hardware didn't respond as expected' (HAL status 3)

user@host ~ $ uname -r
2.6.22-gentoo-r9

I've tried pretty much everything already, recompiled madwifi-ng, hal, kernel and so forth, but had no success so far. :-(

Weird enough, before all the kernel panics trying to bridge it was working just fine.

Anyone facing the same issues?

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