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Re: Wireless bridging [Was: Network for a VM]

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On 2015-10-03, Ian Zimmerman <itz@buug.org> wrote:

> On 2015-10-02 16:50 +0000, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>
>> Speaking of bridging, has anyone else had problems with wifi?  I've never
>> been able to bridge the wireless adapter to my Windows virtual machine,
>> although the Ethernet port works just fine.
>
> I think that many, if not most, wireless access points will refuse to
> communicate over the wireless link with an IP host that has not
> associated with the AP on the wireless level.  The more tweakable APs
> have a setting to defeat this (maybe as a list of static routes).  So
> you should explore your AP/router settings.
>
> Btw, why?  Are you really running a server on a Windows VM?

No, I have a laptop running Debian Jessie, and to do Windows stuff
needed for work I run a Windows VM under VirtualBox.  It works great
in every respect except for wifi.  The native Linux OS can use both
Ethernet and wifi with no problems.  VirtualBox can bridge the Ethernet
port to the Windows VM, which queries my DHCP server for its own IP
address distinct from that for the native Linux Ethernet interface.
However, the wireless adapter will not bridge; the Windows VM only has
network access when the Ethernet cable is plugged in.

I did a bit of googling on this a while ago, and from other people's
posts I got the impression that this is a known problem, so I haven't
worried about it too much.  But it sounds sufficiently close to the
subject of this thread that I thought I'd throw it out again.

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Network for a VM Paulo da Silva <p_s_d_a_s_i_l_v_a_ns@netcabo.pt> - 2015-10-02 06:09 +0100
  Re: Network for a VM Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2015-10-02 07:03 +0000
    Re: Network for a VM Paulo da Silva <p_s_d_a_s_i_l_v_a_ns@netcabo.pt> - 2015-10-02 08:25 +0100
  Re: Network for a VM [SOLVED] Paulo da Silva <p_s_d_a_s_i_l_v_a_ns@netcabo.pt> - 2015-10-02 08:23 +0100
    Re: Network for a VM [SOLVED] Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-10-02 16:50 +0000
      Wireless bridging [Was: Network for a VM] Ian Zimmerman <itz@buug.org> - 2015-10-03 09:20 -0700
        Re: Wireless bridging [Was: Network for a VM] Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-10-05 17:44 +0000
          Re: Wireless bridging [Was: Network for a VM] Ian Zimmerman <itz@buug.org> - 2015-10-06 21:26 -0700
            Re: Wireless bridging [Was: Network for a VM] Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-10-07 16:47 +0000
          Re: Wireless bridging [Was: Network for a VM] Pascal Hambourg <boite-a-spam@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2015-10-09 22:58 +0200

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