Does Wi-Fi work without needing the Zwift Companion app?

[supertoni3c]

I’m considering buying a trainer with Wi-Fi connectivity. As far as I know, Wine supports network connections, but I’m unsure about Docker (especially that I'm using an immutable distro). So my question is: Has anyone managed to connect their trainer via Wi-Fi without using the Zwift Companion app?

[netbrain]

I can't answer to the last question, but what I can say is that I don't see any technical reasons why this shouldn't work. One thing to note is that you probably require host networking on the docker container so setting NETWORKING to host should make the zwift "machine" as a first class citizen on your main network. How zwift and wine integration with network connected trainers work is another chapter however. But from a purely technical perspective as long as the trainer and zwift is visible to each other on the network (which it should be with networking host) then the odds are fairly good imo.

[perrin4869]

I've been using the wahoo kickr v6 with zwift connected via WiFi for over a year now, I found it more stable than connecting via the companion app. Just make sure you use host networking when running zwift as @netbrain mentioned