Opened 5 weeks ago
Closed 2 weeks ago
#22362 closed defect (fixed)
Linux host: Change the wireless interface detection mechanism => fixed in svn
| Reported by: | serene | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | network | Version: | VirtualBox-7.1.6 |
| Keywords: | fWireless bridge wireless | Cc: | serene |
| Guest type: | all | Host type: | Linux |
Description
Currently for bridging wireless network detection is done by SIOCGIWNAME ioctl on a UDP socket. This relies on deprecated WEXT api and are gradually disabled by modern distros.
The recommended replacement is nl80211 but just to check if a device is wireless it seems overkill.
I think checking /sys/class/net/<pszName>/uevent
where DEVTYPE=wlan should be present for wireless is better option.
Marking this as defect as currently adapter bridged to wireless interface doesn't work as expected. Duplicate of: https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/21075
Attachments (1)
Change History (3)
by , 5 weeks ago
| Attachment: | wireless_detection_fix.patch added |
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comment:1 by , 4 weeks ago
| Summary: | Linux host: Change the wireless interface detection mechanism → Linux host: Change the wireless interface detection mechanism => fixed in svn |
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Hi serene,
Thank you for reporting the issue. It should be fixed in the next release.
comment:2 by , 2 weeks ago
| Resolution: | → fixed |
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| Status: | new → closed |
Hello,
We just released VirtualBox 7.1.8 which is available on the Downloads page. This issue should be fixed in this version.
Patch