Fabian Lee : Software Engineer

OpenWrt: bridge VLAN filtering for OpenWrt 21.x with DSA, isolated guest Wi-Fi

January 22, 2023
Categories: OpenWrt

There were significant changes made to VLAN configuration between OpenWrt 19.x and 21.x. Also, many of the target chipset were migrated from swconfig to DSA (Distributed Switch Architecture), which introduced differences in bridging. In this article, I will create a set of VLAN for my OpenWrt 21.x DSA-enabled router with isolated guest Wi-Fi networks. I … OpenWrt: bridge VLAN filtering for OpenWrt 21.x with DSA, isolated guest Wi-Fi

KVM: Creating a bridged network with NetPlan on Ubuntu 22.04

September 20, 2022
Categories: Linux, Virtualization

In order to expose KVM virtual machines on the same network as your bare-metal Host, you need to enable bridged networking. In this article, I’ll show how to implement KVM bridged networking on Ubuntu 22.04 using Netplan. This bridged network will expose the KVM Guest OS as a peer on the upstream network, with no … KVM: Creating a bridged network with NetPlan on Ubuntu 22.04

KVM: Creating a bridged network with NetPlan on Ubuntu 18.04 bionic

April 1, 2019
Categories: Linux, Virtualization

UPDATE September 2022: New article for bridged networks written for Ubuntu 22.04 In order to expose KVM virtual machines on the same network as your Host, you need to enable bridged networking. In this article, I’ll show how to implement KVM bridged networking on Ubuntu 18.04 bionic using Netplan. This bridged network will expose the … KVM: Creating a bridged network with NetPlan on Ubuntu 18.04 bionic