#16315 closed defect (invalid)
Not working bridging with Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6205
| Reported by: | thisiswhite | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | network | Version: | VirtualBox 5.1.12 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Guest type: | Windows | Host type: | Windows |
Description
VirtualBox any version doesn't support bridging with Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6205 (Wireless). I have confirmed this on all guest and all hosts. Im install last drivers for
Change History (3)
comment:1 by , 8 years ago
comment:2 by , 8 years ago
| Resolution: | → invalid |
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| Status: | new → closed |
What do you mean by "doesn't support"?
@socratis - re problems with getting a DHCP reply mentioned in that thread - it might be worth referencing 10019#comment:19 that explains how some routers misbehave (a bit more context in the previous comment on why routers do that). We should probably add this to the docs. Thanks!
comment:3 by , 8 years ago
Thanks @vushakov, will read the whole thread and "extract" the juice. This is from a typical copy/paste answers file that I have, since it comes up a lot in the forums.
I will test the static option as well, because the final part of that quote was having me say: "For example, it works fine in my home, but not in my office. Same laptop, same VM. Try to see if it works either with wired bridged or with NAT."
This is not something that VirtualBox can do about it. Bridged and wireless don't always play nice. Bridged networking is outside the WLAN specification. Bridging to wireless is not really bridging. The guest shares the MAC of the host and the host does a sort of MAC-NAT translation based on IP addresses. Promiscuous mode doesn't exist in the official WLAN specifications. It may or may not work. Some combinations of Routers/Access Points, WLAN cards and drivers work, some don't. See: Bridging & Wifi - Supported hardware, and add your experience.
May I suggest something? It's usually better and faster, if problems like this one (configuration, question) get first addressed in the forums (https://forums.virtualbox.org/). More than 95% of the issues are resolved over there, which keeps the developers focusing on the bug fixes and enhancements, and there is no need for another ticket to keep track of. For example, yours is not a bug and someone from the developers has to deal with it and close it as "Invalid".