On Mon, 27 Oct 2025 15:48:20 -0400 Jeffrey Walton <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I see that [3] says: "Note that a bridge cannot be established > > over Wi-Fi networks operating in Ad-Hoc or Infrastructure modes." > > ... not sure exactly what that means or if it affects your > > situation. > > In practice, that means you have to use the virtual bridge interface > (virbr0) when using Wifi. You cannot use a bridge interface (br0). Except that it appears one cannot do that under trixie. At least that is my experience so far. > > And if you want your guest VM to obtain a DHCP address from a DHCP > server on your LAN, then you must use bridge interface (br0). You > cannot use a virtual bridge interface (virbr0). Apparently so. I haven't found a way to do that for libvirt. I've found plenty of instructions on how to bridge two physical IFs (e.g. eth0 and eth1), but that doesn't help me. > > (Personally, I have never understood the restrictions. I just know > they exist.) And why is this so complicated? It's not rocket surgery. -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charlescurley.com https://charlescurley.com/blog/
