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VMware player seems fine but bridging wifi doesn’t work.
by pm2222 3y ago
VMware player seems fine but bridging wifi doesn’t work.
- lillecarl 3y agoBridging wifi shouldn't work. Something something only one mac per wifi client. If it works somewhere else they're doing some ebtables/nftables l2 magic.
- Nullabillity 3y agoWifi extenders are pretty common and somehow manage to do exactly this…
- yrro 3y agoThey are probably dumb rebroadcasters which is a bit of a hack, useful in some circumstances but not without causing their own problems.
- Nullabillity 3y agoCan't be that, since they usually also have an ethernet port that they bridge onto.
- lillecarl 3y agoIt can be this. The device is both a wifi client, does L2 magic for the ethernet port (you can't put a switch behind it) and it can rebroadcast wifi signals, because to do so you don't have to be a client to rebroadcast, but you have to half your airtime, so you're halfing your speed.
- Nullabillity 3y agoAt least the ones I've used also had their own IP address (for the config interface). Hell, one even had a switch built in! (It was a home router with a pretend-to-be-an-extender mode.)
- pm2222 3y agoVbox makes it work and it’s convenient.
- pm2222 3y agoAlso VMware player dual screen guest setup is not as good as vbox