Mailing List os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com Archived Message #4195

From:	"Thomas Garson" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>	Full Headers Undecoded message
Sender:	os2-wireless_users-owner <os2-wireless_users-owner@2rosenthals.com>
Subject:	[OS2Wireless] Virtual Switch from Innotek Virtual PC can't see out through Prism mini-pci WiFi of Thinkpad A31
Date:	Sun, 19 Oct 2003 11:45:13 -0700 (PDT)
To:	"os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>

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 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to steward@2rosenthals.com with the command "unsubscribe os2-wireless_users" in the body (omit the quotes). For help with other commands, send a message to steward@2rosenthals.com with the command "help" in the body (omit the quotes). =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

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