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Proxmox wifi

Wifi on proxmox is slow​

When I tested this configuration it worked, however the speedes for example on a virtualized TrueNAS where less then half of those on LAN.

On the router setup the destination and gateway​

For me I am using Netgear Nighthawk R7000. The settings can be found at Advanced ➔ Routing

  • Destination: 192.168.3.0 (IPs that will be used by VMs)
  • Netmask: 255.255.255.0
  • Gateway: 192.168.1.4 (IP of the wifi adapter on proxmox)

Install wpasupplicant​

sudo apt install wpasupplicant

Edit /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf​

sudo nano /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

Add the following content:

network={
   ssid="wifi"
   psk="pass"
}

Edit /etc/systemd/system/dbus-fi.w1.wpa_supplicant1.service​

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/dbus-fi.w1.wpa_supplicant1.service

Modify the line (add the config path and add you adapters ID, eg. wlp5s0):

ExecStart=/sbin/wpa_supplicant -u -s -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf -i wlp5s0

With working access to Proxmox, create SDN config (Datacenter --> SDN)​

  • Zones: Simple, ID = Zone1 (use any name you like for ID)
  • Vnet: Name = vnet1 (use any name you like for Name), Zone = Zone1 (must match Zone ID)
  • Subnet: Subnet = 192.168.3.0/24, Gateway = 192.168.3.1

Configure /etc/network/interfaces​

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

iface enp6s0 inet manual

auto wlp5s0
iface wlp5s0 inet manual
       address 192.168.1.4/24
       gateway 192.168.1.1
       wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

auto vmbr0
iface vmbr0 inet static
       address 192.168.2.1/24
       bridge-ports none
       bridge-stp off
       bridge-fd 0


iface vnet1 inet static
       address 192.168.3.1/24
       bridge-ports none
       bridge-stp off
       bridge-fd 0
       post-up echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
       post-up iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s '192.168.3.0/24' -o wlp5s0 -j MASQUERADE
       post-down iptables -t nat -D POSTROUTING -s '192.168.3.0/24' -o wlp5s0 -j MASQUERADE
       post-up   iptables -t raw -I PREROUTING -i fwbr+ -j CT --zone1
       post-down iptables -t raw -D PREROUTING -i fwbr+ -j CT --zone1

source /etc/network/interfaces.d/*

Restart networking​

sudo systemctl restart networking