Understand not recommended, but I am still keen to figure out whether I can run my Unraid server via wifi.

I enabled wifi, added my network and set the password. Still being connected to LAN at the same time. I can now access the Unraid GUI from two different IP addresses (the LAN and WLAN one) as well as via http://tower.local/Main.

So far so good...

I now tried to unplug the LAN access, but now I can no longer access the Unraid GUI via any of the two IP addresses and also not via tower.local. Also my VM loses connectivity. Once I plug in my LAN again, all back to normal.

Any thoughts?

I restarted Unraid and can now access the GUI via the wifi IP.

Unfortunately, I still cannot access the VM via RDP. I changed the network source to virbr0 and restarted the VM. Unfortunately, I still cannot access via RDP. Trying from the Windows App (aka as Remote Desktop). Is this supported and (if so) how?

There are some limitations with Wi-Fi, see below for more info:

https://docs.unraid.net/unraid-os/release-notes/7.1.0/#wireless-networking

Thanks for your response. I saw the note. It says that i can still acccess them via VNC to the host? I thought RDP uses VNC or does this only support the Unraid native VNC connection?

If so, I guess my way will be to use the plan-b that is described via the link. Can you elaborate a bit more on the how-to for below info:

• Configure the VM with a static IP address

• Configure the same IP address on the ipvtap interface, type: ip addr add IP-ADDRESS dev shim-wlan0

Also, the link does not specify whetehr http://tower.local/ is supported. It seems not?

Are we expecting some more wifi support in the future?

12 minutes ago, steve1977 said:

I thought RDP uses VNC

No - these are different protocols.

Got it. So, I will need to explore the "work-around" above. Any suggestion how to set the static IP and where/how to configure the ipvtap interface? Possible to get local.tower work or need to remember the IP?

Any suggestion / idea how to assign a static IP to my Unraid VM to use it via wifi? How to set the static IP and what/where is the ipvtap?

• Configure the VM with a static IP address

• Configure the same IP address on the ipvtap interface, type: ip addr add IP-ADDRESS dev shim-wlan0

Did you fixed that? I have the same problem.

Unfortunately not. It seems that wifi in its current state is still too hackery, so I gave up on it. Hope that it will eventually be fully supported in the future.

But what about this?

Configure the same IP address on the ipvtap interface, type: ip addr add IP-ADDRESS dev shim-wlan0

How does this work? I am pretty happy with the wifi integration, that is the only thing that bothers me.

Unraid doesn’t fully support running the server over Wi-Fi alone. The reason your GUI and VMs stop working when you unplug the LAN is that Wi-Fi on Unraid is treated as a secondary interface, and most network services rely on the primary (LAN) connection.

Solution:

• Keep the LAN connected for stable access and VM networking.

• If you must use Wi-Fi only, you’ll need to:

  1. Set the Wi-Fi interface as the default gateway in Unraid.

  2. Ensure all VM network bridges are assigned to the Wi-Fi interface.

• Note: Performance and stability over Wi-Fi only may be unreliable, especially for VMs.

in simple words Unraid works best with a wired connection; Wi-Fi is mostly for convenience access, not primary networking.

Edited February 21Feb 21 by robertzz21