Yet another question about bridgiing...

Jar jar
Wed Mar 15 23:46:32 PST 2006


> This is not question about implementation, but protocol.. IEEE 802.11
> simply does not allow client mode device to send frames with other that
> its own address as the source MAC address and this is enough to break
> layer 2 bridging.

http://www.ieee802.org/11/DocFiles/05/11-05-0710-00-000m-wds-clarifications.doc

I understand this so that 4-addr frame is not part of the ieee802.11 standard for
STAs but nothing is relly preventing to use the 4-addr format with infrastructure
mode STA to build bridges etc. devices??


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Best Regards, Jar




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