From owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 22 20:04:02 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C9C61065670; Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:04:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fli@shapeshifter.se) Received: from mx1.h3q.net (mx1.h3q.net [IPv6:2001:16d8:ffe5:1::f1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 425518FC15; Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:04:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp-auth.h3q.net (smtp-auth.h3q.net [127.0.0.1]) (Authenticated sender: hidden) by mx1.h3q.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 477AB33C77 ; Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:04:00 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <4B09992F.1080900@shapeshifter.se> Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:03:59 +0100 From: Fredrik Lindberg User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20090912) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Doug Barton References: <4B08DD0C.3080106@FreeBSD.org> <4B0963BF.1070908@shapeshifter.se> <4B0972B5.40903@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4B0972B5.40903@FreeBSD.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Bridged networking for virtualbox on -current? X-BeenThere: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Development of Emulators of other operating systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:04:02 -0000 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