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avantgarden

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Registered: 2012-10-28

Posts: 4

Is it possible to create a br0 interface for KVM using wlan0?

I am following the directions here https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ne … _.28VMs.29

I am running Arch Linux (Linux deepthought.python-devel 3.6.3-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Oct 22 10:23:56 CEST 2012 x86_64 GNU/Linux) with the following wireless adapter:

05:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation WiMAX/WiFi Link 5150

and what looks to be the following modules for the adapter:

/root/expect_scripts# lsmod | grep wi
iwlwifi 125181 1 iwldvm
cfg80211 177058 3 iwlwifi,mac80211,iwldvm
wimax 26566 1 i2400m

I created the br0 file:

INTERFACE="br0"
CONNECTION="bridge"
DESCRIPTION="Wireless Bridge for KVM"
BRIDGE_INTERFACES="wlan0"
IP="dhcp"

However, when I do a 'netcfg br0', I get the error "can't add wlan0 to br0 operation not supported". Here is my netcfg profile for my wireless adapter:

CONNECTION='wireless'
DESCRIPTION='Automatically generated profile by wifi-menu'
INTERFACE='wlan0'
SECURITY='wpa'
ESSID=Karamazov
IP='dhcp'