[lxc-users] What is the state of the art for lxd and wifi ?

Pierre Couderc pierre at couderc.eu
Mon Jul 23 11:47:50 UTC 2018


On 07/23/2018 12:37 PM, Fajar A. Nugraha wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 5:33 PM, Pierre Couderc <pierre at couderc.eu 
> <mailto:pierre at couderc.eu>> wrote:
>
>
>     On 07/23/2018 12:12 PM, Fajar A. Nugraha wrote:
>>     Relevant to all VM-like in general (including lxd, kvm and
>>     virtualbox):
>>     - with the default bridged setup (on lxd this is lxdbr0),
>>     VMs/containers can access internet
>>     (...)
>>     - bridges (including macvlan) does not work on wifi
>>
>>
>     Sorry, it is not clear for me how default bridges "can access
>     internet",  if simultaneously "bridges (including macvlan) does
>     not work on wifi" ?
>
>
>
> My bad for not being clear :)
>
> I meant, the default setup uses bridge + NAT (i.e. lxdbr0). The NAT is 
> automatically setup by LXD. That works. If your PC can access the 
> internet, then anything on your container (e.g. wget, firefox, etc) 
> can access the internet as well.
>
>
> Bridge setups WITHOUT nat (those that bridge containers interface 
> directly to your host interface, e.g. eth0 or wlan), on the other 
> hand, will only work for wired, and will not work for wireless.
>
>
Mmm, do you mean that there is no known solution to use LXD with wifi ?
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