Networking and servers • Can someone explain "virtual bridge" on Bookworm

So I want to make my Pi into an Ethernet bridge. I found a tutorial, but it's old and not working.

I see in Bookworm, under the wifi icon, you have Advanced Options --> Edit Connections

If I look inside this, I see I can add a virtual bridge


I tried to share the WiFi over Ethernet after setting this virtual bridge up, but nothing happened. So what is this feature doing?

It looks like it's not really creating a bridge in the sense I want it to.


Anyone explain what this feature does, and is it what I want to make the Pi share a WiFi connection from its Ethernet port? I do not need it to be a DHCP server; I just want it to pass internet on the same subnet as the Pi. Is it as simple as setting up this virtual bridge?

Thanks

Statistics: Posted by raymate — Tue Jul 30, 2024 5:21 pm

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