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<DIV>Hi,</DIV>
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<DIV>I have installed HostAP (hostap-driver-0.1.3 and hostapd-0.1.3 and hostap-utils-0.1.3) and bridge-utils-1.0.4 . When i tried to bridge ehternet and WLAN , the computer would be down (i mean , it didn't work unless i reset it .) . </DIV>
<DIV>HostAP use open system quthentican . </DIV>
<DIV>After i used " ./hostapd hostapd.conf " , the mobile station associated the HostAP . </DIV>
<DIV>I used the commands as below to bridge ethernet and WLAN .</DIV>
<DIV>brctl addbr br0<BR>brctl addif br0 eth0<BR>brctl addif br0 wlan0</DIV>
<DIV>ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0</DIV>
<DIV>ifconfig wlan0 0.0.0.0</DIV>
<DIV>ifconfig br0 172.25.29.66 up</DIV>
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<DIV>15 or 30 seconds later , the computer would be down .<BR>The informations in /var/log/messages is :</DIV>
<DIV>Jun 21 22:48:52 localhost /etc/hotplug/net.agent: invoke ifup wlan0ap<BR>Jun 21 22:48:53 localhost /etc/hotplug/net.agent: invoke ifup wlan0sta<BR>Jun 21 22:49:16 localhost kernel: NET4: Ethernet Bridge 008 for NET4.0<BR>Jun 21 22:49:16 localhost /etc/hotplug/net.agent: invoke ifup br0<BR>Jun 21 22:49:25 localhost kernel: device eth0 entered promiscuous mode<BR>Jun 21 22:49:29 localhost kernel: device wlan0 entered promiscuous mode<BR>Jun 21 22:49:59 localhost kernel: br0: port 2(wlan0) entering listening state<BR>Jun 21 22:49:59 localhost kernel: br0: port 1(eth0) entering listening state<BR>Jun 21 22:50:14 localhost kernel: br0: port 2(wlan0) entering learning state<BR>Jun 21 22:50:14 localhost kernel: br0: port 1(eth0) entering learning state<BR>Jun 21 22:50:29 localhost kernel: br0: port 2(wlan0) entering forwarding state<BR>Jun 21 22:50:29 localhost kernel: br0: topology change detected, propagating<BR>Jun 21 22:50:29 localhost kernel: br0: port 1(eth0) entering forwarding
state<BR>Jun 21 22:50:29 localhost kernel: br0: topology change detected, propagating<BR>Jun 21 22:51:59 localhost syslogd 1.4.1: restart.</DIV>
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<DIV>How to solve this problem ? </DIV>
<DIV>My computer is IBM ThinkPad T40 , Wireless Card is Netgear MA401 </DIV>
<DIV>Operate system is Redhat 9.0 kernel linux-2.4.20-8</DIV>
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<DIV>Thank you for your tip, and i am sorry for my bad english.</DIV>
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