Re: Magic spell for PIOS wifi point.

From	Adrian Caspersz <email@here.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.raspberry-pi
Subject	Re: Magic spell for PIOS wifi point.
Date	2026-01-11 14:33 +0000
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On 11/01/2026 12:58, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> Situation: I have one ethernet port in a room near the TV and would like 
> to make the  smart TV not a TV so to speak, and instead drive it from a 
> Pi 5 as a HDMI screen and use the Pi for any or all smart capabilities.
> 
> But I also need wifi access to the network in that room as well, and the 
> pi 5 comes with wifi,
> 
> But I have never seen it configured as a *bridge* to the network and 
> DHCP server via the Ethernet.
> 
> Does anyone have a link to a magic spell book for this configuration?
> 
> TIA
> TNP
> 

Start with a recipe for a wireless access point?

that will have a built-in bridge that the wireless clients will appear 
on, DHCP etc, and will connect to the pi's physical NIC

Then you'll need to add a virtual NIC to this, for your TV software and 
connect that also to the bridge, via some local firewall rules.

https://linuxconfig.org/configuring-virtual-network-interfaces-in-linux

Or perhaps switch-like something hanging both the bridge i/o and a 
virtual NIC on the original physical NIC, using VLAN IDs to segregate 
traffic to each?


(theoretically handwaving here, I've done the above in the OS of a 
carboot sale cheepie 50p speedtouch router, not linux)

-- 
Adrian C

-- 
Adrian C

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Magic spell for PIOS wifi point. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-01-11 12:58 +0000
  Re: Magic spell for PIOS wifi point. The Nomad <nomad@the.desert.invalid> - 2026-01-11 14:02 +0000
    Re: Magic spell for PIOS wifi point. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-01-11 19:16 +0000
  Re: Magic spell for PIOS wifi point. Adrian <bulleid@ku.gro.lioff> - 2026-01-11 14:13 +0000
    Re: Magic spell for PIOS wifi point. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-01-11 19:18 +0000
      Re: Magic spell for PIOS wifi point. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-01-11 19:58 +0000
  Re: Magic spell for PIOS wifi point. Adrian Caspersz <email@here.invalid> - 2026-01-11 14:33 +0000
    Re: Magic spell for PIOS wifi point. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-01-11 19:25 +0000
  Re: Magic spell for PIOS wifi point. David Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> - 2026-01-11 14:40 +0000
    Re: Magic spell for PIOS wifi point. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-01-11 19:27 +0000
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        Re: Magic spell for PIOS wifi point. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-01-12 11:36 +0000
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        Re: Magic spell for PIOS wifi point. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-01-13 09:06 +0000
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