From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 11/01/2026 14:33, Adrian Caspersz wrote:   
   > On 11/01/2026 12:58, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
   >> Situation: I have one ethernet port in a room near the TV and would   
   >> like to make the  smart TV not a TV so to speak, and instead drive it   
   >> from a Pi 5 as a HDMI screen and use the Pi for any or all smart   
   >> capabilities.   
   >>   
   >> But I also need wifi access to the network in that room as well, and   
   >> the pi 5 comes with wifi,   
   >>   
   >> But I have never seen it configured as a *bridge* to the network and   
   >> DHCP server via the Ethernet.   
   >>   
   >> Does anyone have a link to a magic spell book for this configuration?   
   >>   
   >> TIA   
   >> TNP   
   >>   
   >   
   > Start with a recipe for a wireless access point?   
      
   That is all I need. The tv doesnt need to be on the LAN at all post that   
   and indeed could use the wifi anyway  IIRC.   
      
      
   >   
   > that will have a built-in bridge that the wireless clients will appear   
   > on, DHCP etc, and will connect to the pi's physical NIC   
   >   
   The problem is how that is to be accomplished   
      
   > Then you'll need to add a virtual NIC to this, for your TV software and   
   > connect that also to the bridge, via some local firewall rules.   
   >   
   > https://linuxconfig.org/configuring-virtual-network-interfaces-in-linux   
   >   
   That isn't particularly helpful.   
      
   I  am already where I want to be at that moment. The TV will be taken   
   off the net anyway.   
   Or connect via wifi. Or I will add a teensy two port swichth somewhere.   
      
   It is the use of teh pi as a bridge that I am after.   
      
      
   > Or perhaps switch-like something hanging both the bridge i/o and a   
   > virtual NIC on the original physical NIC, using VLAN IDs to segregate   
   > traffic to each?   
   >   
   No need to segregate. Originally I had a wifi equipped router set up as   
   a bridge but I want to move that functionality to a PI.   
      
   >   
   > (theoretically handwaving here, I've done the above in the OS of a   
   > carboot sale cheepie 50p speedtouch router, not linux)   
   >   
      
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