Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote at 2009-10-27 13:50 -0500: > On Tuesday 27 October 2009 13:32:41 green wrote: > > Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote at 2009-10-27 11:46 -0500: > > > Bridging (i.e. brctl and friends) can only be used to connect two > > > networks that use the same layer 2 protocol. Ethernet and 802.11a/b/g do > > > not use the same layer 2 protocol. I believe at the very least you'll > > > need to use an "ARP Proxy", and you may be better off just routing > > > traffic. > > > > So, is it possible in any way (preferably simple) for systemB to send a > > dhcp request and get a response from the AP? I have dnsmasq running on > > systemA, so I can set it up to do something. Do I need a "dhcp forwarder" > > of some sort? > > I don't know if dnsmasq can, but there is support for dhcp forwarding in the > dhcp specification, and dhcpd can be configured as a forwarder. FWIW, I would > think dnsmasq could be set up as a forwarder as well. Well, I don't see mention of it in dnsmasq(8), and not much via Google either, so perhaps not. I suppose I will have to consider some of the other options, like dhcp-helper.
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