Onboard wireless devices in Linux
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mortiz
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Onboard wireless devices in Linux
When I fire up a Linux-based vbox, I've noticed that my onboard wireless device always shows up as "eth0". Yet when I plug in my USB wireless device, it'll show up as wlan0. I was wondering if there was a way to get my onboard wireless device to show up as a wireless interface as well.
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Perryg
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Re: Onboard wireless devices in Linux
My on-board shows as wlan in the settings of the guest but it is a shared resource in the fact that it appears to the guest as wired.
the only way that you can get the device to connect to the guest as a wireless device is as USB.
the only way that you can get the device to connect to the guest as a wireless device is as USB.
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mortiz
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Re: Onboard wireless devices in Linux
Ok, thanks for the info, Perryg 