Support virtual Wi-Fi adapters with at least UDP tunneling

[boen_robot]

I know requests for a virtual Wi-Fi adapter have been made before (see#8564), but my reasons for wanting one are very different from that ticket.

Rather than bridge mode, I'm asking for a virtual Wi-Fi adapter that can use at least UDP tunneling. Just that mode. No bridging necessary.

This mode alone will allow tools like ​GNS3 to emulate Wi-Fi networks, which would in turn revolutionize network professionals' training.

Ideally, whether an adapter is Wi-Fi or not should be readable by APIs, since there are slight differences in the rules for them that GNS3 would need to apply (namely, that multiple devices can connect to one Wi-Fi adapter, whereas there can be only one "cable" for each Ethernet adapter).

[Perry G]

Sounds like a great candidate for contribution code from GNS3. What do they say about this?

[boen_robot]

Replying to Perryg:

Sounds like a great candidate for contribution code from GNS3. What do they say about this?

After some long while, the lead developer said exactly what I expected him to say... Which is that if this is implemented in any hypervisor, they'll add Wi-Fi devices support in GNS3.

See ​this topic in their forum.

I believe this kind of implies the GNS3 team doesn't have the time (and/or "know how"?) to be the one to actually contribute the virtual device itself, but still - if implemented, this feature WILL be used by many thousands of network professionals.