Re: WLAN and Bridge

Yes, the bridge would have an IPv4/IPv6 address, and would be acting as a
layer three gateway for both.

You can either route or NAT Ipv4/IPv6, it's up to you!

On Sun, 13 Jul 2025 at 16:47, Ben Hutton <ben@benhutton.com.au> wrote:

> 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>
> <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
>>
>>
>>