Re: WLAN and Bridge

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 <farhan@farhan.codes> 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
>
>