Is that the same bridge you would normally configure for bhyve between
an Ethernet interface and a tap interface? Would the wlan interface be
in the bridge?
Kind regards
Ben
On 7/13/25 10:37, Adrian Chadd wrote:
hi,
Yes and no.
Yes, it's another 802.3 interface.
No, not in STA mode, because in STA mode the only MAC address that can
be used is the MAC configured /for/ the station. You can use >1 MAC in
hostap mode and in WDS (4 address mode); however neither of them will
do what you really want (which is your wifi NIC to be a STA, and a
bunch of MAC addresses also work behind it.)
(Yes, this is what WDS is for, however no APs support it out of the
box for random clients.)
You'll need to setup a bridge interface for your bhyve VM tap
interfaces and then do pf/ipfw NAT.
-adrian
On Sat, 12 Jul 2025 at 18:13, Farhan Khan <[email protected]> wrote:
On Sat, Jul 12, 2025, at 8:58 PM, Ben Hutton wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is it possible to use a wlan device with a bridge and tap device
for use
> with bhyve? When I've tried this I cannot seem to get traffic to
route
> past the bridge.
>
> My aim is to get bhyve working with network access on my laptop
on WiFi.
> So far I have had to use Ethernet connections.
>
> I have looked into NAT but am unsure how I would do this with bhyve?
>
> Kind regards
> Ben
I highpy suspect no because bhyve passes the device itself,
whereas wlans are FreeBSD constructs around the device radio.
I don't know bhyve too well, but you probably can create a virtual
ethernet network between the host and VM, and then route or bridge
traffic to the wlan. That might accomplish your goal.
--
Farhan Khan
