[CentOS-virt] OT: adding a wifi adapter to openvswitch

Dmitry E. Mikhailov

d.mikhailov at infocommunications.ru
Thu Sep 24 09:28:46 UTC 2015


Followup

On 09/24/2015 01:59 PM, C.L. Martinez wrote:
> https://wiki.debian.org/BridgeNetworkConnections#Bridging_with_a_wireless_NIC?
They are doing an interesting Ethernet NAT with the following idea:

Your wireless station has MAC "A" and IP "X"
The virtual machine on the wireless station has MAC "B" and IP "Y"

1) To the outside world both your wireless station and virtual machine 
IPs would share the same MAC:
Arp:
IP "X": MAC "A"
IP "Y": MAC "A" (translated from "B")

2) Every ingress packet coming to your wireless station with the VM's IP 
"Y" would have it's MAC changed back

This scheme could provide you connectivity but it's hacky and it 
requires you to know the MAC and IP address combination of VM. So IMHO 
it's not really everyday mess-free usable.

I'd prefer to have a real routing set up. Simple, fast and reliable.



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