On 7/7/20 11:26 AM, ryotaro kobayashi wrote:
> Hello, everyone.
>
> I'm from japan and using machine translation, so I apologize if it's
> hard to read.
>
> I am currently trying to build a virtual environment using Ubuntu and
> kvm.
>
> However, I found out from the following page that the virtual machine
> cannot use the bridge network because I am using a wireless network.
>
>
https://wiki.libvirt.org/page/Networking
>
> I am having trouble with this because my PC is using a wireless LAN.
>
> On that page it says "wireless interfaces cannot be attached to a
> Linux host bridge", I Can you tell me why this is so?
>
> Is it a limitation of the NIC driver for the wireless LAN?
Not really.
> Or is it a limitation of libvirt?
Definitely not. Completely out of libvirt's control.
Is anyone aware/at liberty to say how VirtualBox circumvents this
limitation? I presume it's via some sort of software switch trickery,
but they seem to be able to do a bridged(-like) mode via a Wi-Fi interface.
--
brent saner