Yeah, an external access point is better in a number of ways.

I am using this card though in one box:
https://wikidevi.com/wiki/SparkLAN_WPEA-127N

That's about the best you're going to get with the current driver support in FreeBSD IMO.

There are a number if cards you can get with the AR9380 chipset.

Steve

Hmm, and you still don't get more than 22Mbps even on that client linked at 130Mbps?

I had a QCNFA335 which is based on that and had no issues with it. You probably need to do a local test to be sure you're not seeing a drop just over the WAN. Try testing with iperf between the client and a local server. You could run that on pfSense if you have nothing else but it's not ideal.

Steve

@stephenw10
it was the solution, it worked.
thanks!!!

Very late to the party here but no it doesn't have predrilled holes. You can drill holes or use adhesive type flat antennas on the inside of the case.

Steve

Sounds like a Wi-Fi problem.

When you cannot connect, packet capture on pfSense LAN for the ICMP traffic and try to ping it.

If the traffic is not there pfSense isn't getting it. It can only operate on traffic it actually receives on its interfaces.

Ok so the APs are on a different subnet to the controller. Whatever discovery protocol they are using does not work between them which is not surprising.
The easiest thing might be to put the APs on LAN temporarily, adopt them to the controller and then mover them back. As long as they remember the controller IP and you have rules to allow the APs to reach the controller IP and port on the wifi interface that should work.

If they don't remember you can pass the IP to them via DHCP option 138:
https://www.tp-link.com/us/faq-1360.html

Or you can just configure the controller IP via the EAP discovery tool:
https://www.tp-link.com/us/faq-1359.html

Steve

I know the thread is old, but this is still a relevant issue, so I wanted to suggest Eero for those who might be looking for a good solution. I have found that multiple wired Eeros in Bridge mode work fantastic as a mesh access point. I've never set them up in a building small enough to warrant only two, but using three or four has worked out beautifully for my clients.

0_1552670559969_Eero Bridged.png

I would stick with an external AP, and not try to run that on pfSense, especially from a USB dongle.

That said, I have used these for testing and they work, even on SG-1000s (with an OTA cable): https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003ZM17RA/

Not sure how they do under load or what their range is, but for simple local tests they have been OK for me.

@smrehan00 said in Add urtwn driver on pfsense 2.4.4. Network adapter TP-Link TL-WN725N doesn't work:

@Daddo Were you able to make it work?

Yes, it's worked fine. Sorry for this late reply. Thanks for your support.

There is no FreeBSD driver for Intel AC 9560. The Intel AC driver only supports some 8000 series cards:

https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=iwm&sektion=4&apropos=0&manpath=FreeBSD+12.0-RELEASE+and+Ports

That card will likely not work for some time, if at all. Also the iwm driver does not support hostap mode so you can't use it as an access point.

Steve

IT looks like the EAP330 has two Ethernet ports. Are they bridged? Can you connected a client to that directly and test from there?
It looks like they also support lagg. You could try setting that up and see if that provides more. Though I see not reason why you should need that.

Steve

Hmm, that's weird. Like it forgot the value somehow. I assume ath0_wlan0 does not do that when you 'UP' it?

I'll try and find a card that can run at 11g at all....

Steve

Yeah this sure screams of SPAM... Going to bring it up to admins and mods.

I see Stephen already has it marked work in progress in the ticket system ;)

Ok - that account has been banned for spamming.

Found the problem.

I setup the router to ip 192.168.1.2
but didnt setup the range for DHCP... had to change the range. so my static ips won't be given out by DHCP.

You didn't say it supports vlan.. But to be honest that brands low end stuff is just crap.. Your suggested model doesn't even support AC.. For that same price point he could get a gig AC wifi router and use it as AP..

Vlans aside that is a horrible suggestion to be honest..

🙄

-Rico

@jknott said in Wifi AC:

That's DE-9. People often make that mistake.

Woops, now it's getting interesting again!
I didn't even know of the D-sub naming convention and until today referred to those 9-pin serial connectors (wrongly) as DB-9.

This happens more often than one might think. The audio industry pretty much always uses 3-Pin "XLR" connectors for symmetrical analog audio today. Fun part is that Cannon named them XLR with the trailing "R" for a rubber version. But no-one knows that and if I told a colleague to use the XL connector he would think I'm completely nuts now. ⛑
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XLR_connector#History_and_manufacturers