A method comprising: receiving, at a node in a wireless mesh network, WMN, comprising a plurality of nodes, an Ethernet packet from a station outside of the WMN, wherein the Ethernet packet includes a first address scheme comprising a destination address, DA, field identifying a destination of the Ethernet packet, and a source address, SA, field identifying a source of the Ethernet packet; the method characterized by comprising: encapsulating the Ethernet packet in a second Ethernet packet, wherein the second Ethernet packet includes a second address scheme comprising a recipient address, RA, field, a transmitter address, TA, field, a field denoting a mesh-specific routing protocol used for routing packets across the WMN, said routing protocol being specific to the WMN, and the fields of the first address scheme, comprising the DA field and the SA field, wherein the RA field includes an address identifying an immediate recipient of the Ethernet packet, and the TA field includes an address identifying a transmitter of the Ethernet packet; encapsulating the second Ethernet packet in a IEEE 802.11 frame, wherein the frame includes a third address scheme comprising a frame recipient address, FRA, field and a frame transmitter address, FTA, field, and fields of the second address scheme, comprising the DA field, the SA field and the mesh-specific routing protocol, wherein the FRA field includes an address identifying an immediate recipient of the frame in the WMN, and the FTA field includes an address identifying a transmitter of the frame in the WMN; and forwarding the frame through the plurality of nodes in the WMN to the destination of the Ethernet packet based on a forwarding table maintained at each of the plurality of nodes. receiving, at a node in a wireless mesh network, WMN, comprising a plurality of nodes, an Ethernet packet from a station outside of the WMN, wherein the Ethernet packet includes a first address scheme comprising a destination address, DA, field identifying a destination of the Ethernet packet, and a source address, SA, field identifying a source of the Ethernet packet; the method characterized by comprising: encapsulating the Ethernet packet in a second Ethernet packet, wherein the second Ethernet packet includes a second address scheme comprising a recipient address, RA, field, a transmitter address, TA, field, a field denoting a mesh-specific routing protocol used for routing packets across the WMN, said routing protocol being specific to the WMN, and the fields of the first address scheme, comprising the DA field and the SA field, wherein the RA field includes an address identifying an immediate recipient of the Ethernet packet, and the TA field includes an address identifying a transmitter of the Ethernet packet; encapsulating the second Ethernet packet in a IEEE 802.11 frame, wherein the frame includes a third address scheme comprising a frame recipient address, FRA, field and a frame transmitter address, FTA, field, and fields of the second address scheme, comprising the DA field, the SA field and the mesh-specific routing protocol, wherein the FRA field includes an address identifying an immediate recipient of the frame in the WMN, and the FTA field includes an address identifying a transmitter of the frame in the WMN; and forwarding the frame through the plurality of nodes in the WMN to the destination of the Ethernet packet based on a forwarding table maintained at each of the plurality of nodes.