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Re: [Xen-users] Problems with bridging wifi interface

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Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Problems with bridging wifi interface
From: John Haxby <john.haxby@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 04 Mar 2009 11:20:59 +0000
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Thomas GOBET wrote:

But when I try to bridge it by editing /etc/xen/xen-config.sxp, and having restart xend I've got a message telling me that ifdown wlan0 is impossible because wlan0 is not configured.
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Is something I'm doing wrong ?

No, wifi devices don't work as a bridge. There are chipsets and kernels that support it, but I don't recall anyone successfully using them with xen.

jch

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