Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 20:49:50 +0200 From: Sten Daniel Soersdal <netslists@gmail.com> To: Juergen Lock <nox@jelal.kn-bremen.de> Cc: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bounty and timeline on vmware 5.x on FreeBSD 6.x Message-ID: <463245CE.7060104@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200704191826.l3JIQ7ap061788@saturn.kn-bremen.de> References: <200704050712.l357Ck5F000488@pluto.hedeland.org> <4614F65D.3010403@freebsd.org> <ygftzvuhk42.fsf@dominion.borderworlds.dk> <20070405215754.GA28008@saturn.kn-bremen.de> <461A6431.2030709@freebsd.org> <20070410123604.D35599@kozubik.com> <462379F1.3050008@freebsd.org> <20070416063519.L35599@kozubik.com> <200704191826.l3JIQ7ap061788@saturn.kn-bremen.de>
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Juergen Lock wrote: > In article <20070416140454.GA79264@uws1.starlofashions.com> scottro@nyc.rr.com > wrote: > >> ... >> My only problems with VirtualBox were in getting it to use bridged >> networking with a wireless connection. I had no problem when it was >> connected by cabled ethernet, but judging from a bit of googling, I'm >> not the only one who couldn't get it working with wireless. >> >> Disclaimer number 2--I'm not at all experienced with bridging in Linux, >> it seems to be a bit different than what I do with FreeBSD, and it could >> easily be a PEBCAK problem. > > Afaik the problem is that bridging causes the source ethernet address of > packets you send to change, and not all wireless nics/drivers support > sending other source ethernet addresses than the nic's own. (This usually > isn't a problem with wired nics...) > In AP mode it should work but in station mode it can't because of 802.11 restrictions. There is something called WDS but it's a poorly documented hack and is not, AFAIK, supported in FreeBSD. -- Sten Daniel Soersdal
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