Wired to wireless bridge in Linux

I am attempting to set up my Raspberry Pi as a bridge, using Debian wheezy. I have a hostapd.conf: (some details changed for security, and yes, I know WEP is no good)… interface=wlan0bridge=br0driver=nl80211auth_algs=1macaddr_acl=0ignore_broadcast_ssid=0logger_syslog=-1logger_syslog_level=0hw_mode=gssid=MY_SSIDchannel=11wep_default_key=0wep_key0=MY_KEYwpa=0 And this in /etc/network/interfaces: auto loiface lo inet loopbackiface eth0 inet dhcpallow-hotplug wlan0iface wlan0 inet manualwpa-roam /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.confiface default inet dhcpauto br0iface br0…

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Wireless networking – Can you explain how to understand what the ‘iwconfig’ command displays in Ubuntu-9.04?

I’m having trouble making my wireless connection work, and I realized I don’t really know how to use the tools I have, in this case, the iwconfig command in Ubuntu-9.04.Here is what I get: ***iwconfig*** – lo        no wireless extensions.eth0      no wireless extensions.wmaster0  no wireless extensions.wlan0     IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:”Network”            Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated…

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