Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:03:59 +0100 From: Fredrik Lindberg <fli@shapeshifter.se> To: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Bridged networking for virtualbox on -current? Message-ID: <4B09992F.1080900@shapeshifter.se> In-Reply-To: <4B0972B5.40903@FreeBSD.org> References: <4B08DD0C.3080106@FreeBSD.org> <4B0963BF.1070908@shapeshifter.se> <4B0972B5.40903@FreeBSD.org>
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Doug Barton wrote: > Fredrik Lindberg wrote: >> Doug Barton wrote: >>> Is bridged networking for vbox supposed to work on -current? It says >>> on the wiki that it does, but I tried it tonight and couldn't get it >>> to work. >>> >>> I did see one page that suggested trying one of the Intel virtual >>> nicks, which I did, no luck. >>> >>> If this is not supposed to work it would be nice to update the wiki, I >>> spent quite a bit of time trying to get it to work that I hope was not >>> wasted. >>> >> The short answer is that it should work. The long answer is that >> it depends, for example it doesn't play nice when trying to >> bridge a virtual nic with an if_bridge interface. >> >> A slightly more verbose description of your environment and what >> error messages you're seeing would probably help. > > Thanks. I'm using an up to date -current, and my outgoing nic is > wlan0. I followed the instructions on the wiki. I first tried the > default nic in OSE then I tried the first Intel nic on the list (which > required downloading drivers of course). > Which type of virtual interface you're using in virtualbox doesn't matter. However, it hits me that I've actually never really tested the bridging code with a wireless interface and it looks like you've hit a bug. I tried to use a wireless interface just now and it doesn't work, need to look into why though. Fredrik
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