Wifi Setup on Porxmox install

[Xero]

Hi Everyone,

I was hoping if you would be able to help me with the setting up of my WiFi device on proxmox.

I have installed proxmox on my USB drive for testing purposes.

I tried following online guides, but those required an initial ethernet connection to set up initial Wifi resources and was not sure if newer version of proxmox had an option of it built in.
I am kind of a linux noob and this is the first time installing, so any advice would really help me out!

I have attached my ip a and /etc/network/interface below.
I am trying to assign the IP 192.168.50.118/24 to the server.
Gateway is 192.168.50.1

My Wifi card is: Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX200 160MHz
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root@PROXMOX:/etc/network# ip a

1: 10: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1880
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo valid_lft forever preferred_1ft forever
inet6 ::1/128 scope host noprefixroute
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

2: enp4250: <BROADCAST, MULTICAST> mtu 1580 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1880 link/ether d8:bb:c1:3b:ed: 2e brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

3: wlo1: <BROADCAST, MULTICAST> mtu 1588 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000 link/ether 50:2f:9b:28:72:79 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
altname wlp41s0

4: vmbr0: <BROADCAST, MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
link/ether ee:24:ce:6f:9d:e8 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 192.168.58.118/24 scope global vmbra
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever inet6 fe80::ec24:ceff:fe6f:9de8/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever


root@PROXMOX:/etc/network# cat /etc/network/interfaces

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

iface wloi inet manual

auto vmbro
iface vmbro inet static
address 192.168.50.118/24
gateway 192.168.58.1
bridge-ports wlol
bridge-stp off
bridge-fd 8

iface enp42s0 inet manual

source /etc/network/interfaces.d/*

 

[Dunuin]

I have installed proxmox on my USB drive for testing purposes.

Not great, will be killed very fast.

I tried following online guides, but those required an initial ethernet connection to set up initial Wifi resources and was not sure if newer version of proxmox had an option of it built in.

PVE doesn't support Wifi as servers shouldn't rely on Wifi. It's slow, unreliable and VMs/LXCs won't be able to communicate with other devies nor the internet unless you customize your PVE to act as a router. See: https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/WLAN

If the host doesn't got a ethernet card buy a PCIe or USB one. If you can't run a cable through your house to your router, get two powerline adapters to use your existing power wiring for networking.

 

[Xero]

Not great, will be killed very fast.


PVE doesn't support Wifi as servers shouldn't rely on Wifi. It's slow, unreliable and VMs/LXCs won't be able to communicate with other devies nor the internet unless you customize your PVE to act as a router. See: https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/WLAN

If the host doesn't got a ethernet card buy a PCIe or USB one. If you can't run a cable through your house to your router, get two powerline adapters to use your existing power wiring for networking.

Thank you for your reply. I will try and see if I can get the instructions from there working.
My main objective was to get a feel for proxmon before trying it out elsewhere. This is only a temporary setup at the moment and will only be used at most an hour.
I will definitely use an ethernet connection for my main setup as you said makes sense.