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Date:  Sun, 19 Oct 2003 11:45:13 -0700 (PDT)
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From:  "Thomas Garson" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
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Subject: [OS2Wireless] Virtual Switch from Innotek Virtual PC can't see out through Prism mini-pci WiFi of Thinkpad A31

On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 08:10:59 -0700, Lewis G Rosenthal wrote:

>A follow-up to my last reply. At Warpstock this morning, I'm sitting 
>next to Oliver Stein from Innotek, and just asked him about this issue. 
>Here's a more exact answer:
>In order for Vswitch to work with Wi-Fi, two things need to happen: The 
>driver for the card must support promiscuous mode (Jens' drivers do, 
>others may not); and the access point must be able to work 
>inefficiently, meaning, it must not discard packets signed with a 
>different MAC address than the Wi-Fi NIC of the client; many AP's - for 
>the sake of efficiency and security - simply discard such packets.
>Which AP are you using?

D-Link DI-614+

>Thomas Garson wrote:
>
>>I have installed Innoteks Virtual PC 5.1 on that system. It is way cool:-) 
>>I've got VPC networking like a champ via its Virtual Switch driver in all ways (local, host and external) when 
>>connecting through the hardware ethernet interface (Intel) in the Thinkpad.
>>I'm stonewalled trying to achieve the same connectivity using the Prism card. I can achieve TCP/IP networking 
>>access using the Prism card from VPC by using its "Shared Networking (NAT)" mode. Unfortunately, that 
>>mode, by design, does not support NETBIOS, so I can't access any SAMBA shares, which is absolutely 
>>essential. If I select Virtual Switch mode, I get no external connectivity by TCP/IP or NETBIOS but local 
>>connectivity (to the host), including NETBIOS, works. It seems (easy for me to say) that this is a Prism driver 
>>issue, rather than a VPC issue.


Thomas Garson
Aural Technology, Ashland, Or.
tgarson@auraltek.com

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