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

From	Pascal Hambourg <boite-a-spam@plouf.fr.eu.org>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.networking
Subject	Re: Wireless bridging [Was: Network for a VM]
Date	2015-10-09 22:58 +0200
Organization	Plouf !
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Charlie Gibbs a écrit :
> 
> 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.

The ability to bridge a wireless interface in managed mode has been
disabled some time ago because it just does not work. The standard
802.11 frame header format does not have room for both the wireless
client MAC address and the host MAC adress behind the bridge. This
requires specific WDS or 4-address mode.

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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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