[Voyage-linux] how to configure wds if iwpriv always reports "no private ioctls."

[Adrian Reyer]

On Fri, Feb 03, 2012 at 05:12:59AM +0100, Alfonso Fiore wrote:
> This is the supposed topology:
> (ISP wireless router - 192.168.100.254) <---wireless---> (ALIX setup
> as bridge) <---wired---> (PC - 192.168.100.100)
> I used proxy_arp:

You have to use proxy_arp, according to my understanding.
WLAN WPA Client mode may only have 1 MAC address attached. But Bridging
works on the level of ARP/MAC-addresses and is doomed to fail.
IF you ever need a bridge, you just add the needed interfaces and
configure all IP-stuff on your brX-interface. In your special case it
didn't work as a wlan interface can't be added and so you ended up with
a br-interface that had no wlan-interface and as a result no
wlan-connectivity.
As you managed to get it up and running with proxy arp and your very
approach segmented the network in 2 segments, you should just use
routing instead with the alix box being a router between the networks.
You won't be able to move devices between the networks anyway.

MfG,
    Adrian Reyer
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