If you are looking for a great AP you might want to search for a used Ruckus Wireless 7343 or 7363.
Great coverage and rock-solid operation in my house for more than a year now where I have to compete with >30 neighboring APs. I manage to provide streaming audio to 6+ Squeezebox receivers constantly without dropouts in an area of 200m².
Thanks for that suggestion, I'll see what I can find.
Anyways, did I get it right that you connect the WAN of the Actiontec cable modem to your pfSense?
In my original posted question, yes I did have the OPT1 connected to the WAN port of the Actiontec. The coax
output from this verizon router needs to stay viable to provide data to the set top boxes in my home,
I was under the impression that in order for the router to provide this, the WAN had to be used.
This was bad information/assumption on my part!!!
The solution was as follows;
pfSense LAN –> Switch --> LAN1 of Actiontec.
Configure (in pfsense gui) a static IP of 192.168.1.12 for the Actiontec,
Disable (in actiontec gui) DHCP/Firewall/IP Distribution and set static IP (192.168.1.12).
pfSense is now in complete charge of IP distribution, as I can view all clients in "Status-DHCP Leases"
This works great for me, the wireless clients now have access to the local LAN as
well as the Web and my STB have channel guide data and are fully functional! ;D