using ath0 as wan had similar problem which the above solved
it had another flaw though on boot as the dhclient quit
because cat /tmp/ath0_wlan0_output ath0_wlan0: no link …........... giving up

the interface_bring_up returns before the ath0_wlan0 link was present

/*fire up dhclient */
        if ($wanif) {
                // link not up as fast as interfaces_bring_up
                log_error("/etc/inc/interfaces.inc sleeping");
                sleep(10);
        }

mwexec("/sbin/dhcclient......

EA6900's are a bit more than $100, I show them on amazon for $171..  So you have 2 of these and more than 1 managed switch..

And your trying to skimp out on a few bucks vs getting another AP?

"Am I trying to do the wrong thing?"

I would have to say yeah your going about it wrong ;)

Also your 2 EA6900's are AC.. Wouldn't you want your 3rd AP to also be AC..  Going to be a bit of an issue having same SSID on 2 of your AP doing AC, and then your third only doing N..  I can understand saving a few bucks..  But we are not talking getting a $1k AP..  You could get a unifi next gen AC-Lite model for under your $100 mark for sure.  Or you could go with any AC wifi router that can be had for half of that $100 mark and use it as AP..

Hi,

Hope this might be helpful.

https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=105444.0

Good Luck!!

Phishfry, thanks for the help  :)

As per your instruction, I have successfully setup the WAN interface and now to receive wifi signals from the secured wireless network and access the internet through ethernet . It would have been impossible without your help.

However, while connecting through the pfsense router. :-\ I'm getting error "scan_task: oops! scan cancelled during driver call(2)!" on my pfsense screen.

Thanks in advance :)

Crossposting is not good idea..

I answered this question in your duplicate thread about this here
https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=105751.0

@johnpoz:

Its going to be crap, is what its going to be. Period… I don't believe it has any freebsd support.  https://www.freebsd.org/relnotes/CURRENT/hardware/support.html It barely usable for a device alone, sure not providing wifi to multiple devices.  1T1R means at best you could get is 150 PHY with short guard and 40mhz.. Not very viable..  More like 65PHY, might as well be using G at that point..

Post count, is that what your after with your cross posting, and hijacking of thread??

Didnt try to steal anything just wanted to post some info.

well a friend of mine still has a Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6230 which is 2x2 i think and if i google real quick it seems to be supported by 10.1 so might give that a try. Before i spend 80 euro+ on some wifi thing. what i dont use a lot

Hi,

Although I can't give you a proper solution to your problem, I recommend NOT using the WLE2000 card with pfsense and apu1d4. It gave me (on release 1.x and 2.0/2.1) nothing but trouble (endlessly rebooting and hangs) ending up with an broken WLE2000 adapter.

After a long search trough forums and tech sites I decided to take a chance on a AR9280 based chipset mini pcie card which I bought cheap on ebay.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=ar9280&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.A0.H0.TRS1&_nkw=ar9280&_sacat=0

ath0: <atheros 9280="">at device 0.0 on pci5
ath0: [HT] enabling HT modes
ath0: [HT] 1 stream STBC receive enabled
ath0: [HT] 1 stream STBC transmit enabled
ath0: [HT] 2 RX streams; 2 TX streams
ath0: AR9280 mac 128.2 RF5133 phy 13.0
ath0: 2GHz radio: 0x0000; 5GHz radio: 0x00c0

The card works excelent on my pfsense 2.2.x

Hope this helps</atheros>

It is possible the manual is out of date, but I did test out a lot of 3 different run wifi adapters while messing with ARM boards and I think it is still correct.

Did that work? Perhaps you have the Verizon version of the phone where they do not have StaticIP option for WiFi?

To be honest, if you want good wifi why would you not just get a real AP..

You mention
http://www.amazon.com/Dual-Band-Wireless-AC1900-PCI-E-Adapter-PCE-AC68/dp/B00F42V83C

That is 95$  You could buy a unifi UPA-AC-Lite for the same price..
https://www.ubnt.com/unifi/unifi-ap-ac-lite/

Now you can properly place your AP for the best coverage vs being where your pfsense is…

Just my 2 cents..

"I plugged in wifi APs directly to designated ports on a switch and Vlans are working correctly."

So your switch supports vlans?  What switch is it? And again your pc talking to your AP web gui when they are in the same vlan on your switch has NOTHING to do with pfsense..  Since that traffic would never go to pfsense.

Well vs saying strong and weak signals.. What are the actual numbers? You mention linux, how about simple iwscanner output.. What is the actual signal strength?  What channel are you using, does this happen both at 2.4 and 5ghz?  Are you using using 20mhz or 40?

Exactly my concern! That the AP is allowing connectivity without waiting for a response from FreeRadius.

I have 2 I'm using for testing, a Cisco AP1142 (white square) and a D-Link DIR-615 home router (with routing turned off, just using wireless AP feature)

The AP's would only allow me on IF pfSense was running (even though Freeradius and certificates on pfSense were not installed)

This time when I nuked the pfSense install, I also formatted the disk, ensuring a completely clean installation. So far the AP's have not allowed my laptop back on to the network.

Vendor and Model: Atheros AR5B225 WB225
Chipset: Atheros AR9485
Form factor: Mini-PCIe (half-size)
Version of pfSense: Pfsense-2.2.5 amd64

https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Atheros_AR5B225

If I have time, I'll post more informations.

there is no such thing as a ADSL AP that I have ever heard of…  What is the make and model number of the device?

yes I would recommend the unifi line.. The new AC lite model is $89..  Or again any wifi router you have laying around be it ethernet or dsl based, if it has a modem its actually a gateway (dsl, adsl, etc..)  Still can be used as AP...  Just disable its dhcp server, change its LAN IP to be on whatever network you going to connect it to.  Connect it to your network with one of its lan ports.. access the IP you gave it and setup the wifi how you want.

When using a wifi router as AP you don't use its WAN port, since its not going to be routing or natting anything.  So unless the device has mode to bridge its wan to its lan the use of that port is lost.  But what does it matter if just using it as wireless AP.. You can also leverage the remaining lan ports if you want for wired connections to your network.

But a decent AP is going to be POE and designed to mount in the ceiling for better coverage.. Your typical wifi routers are rarely poe and not really good for design for proper placement for good wifi coverage.  While some can hang on a wall, etc..  since they need power source they make it more difficult to place in proper area for best coverage normally.

Do yourself a favor and get a real AP, maybe a few of them if area your wanting to cover warrants it.  The unifi line use a software based controller, or you can buy a little key to run the controller on, or run it on any pc you have or vm, you can run it in the cloud on aws, etc. etc..  The controller is going to give you lots of insight into clients connectivity, bandwidth used, etc.. etc..  There are even some guides on running the controller software on pfsense itself - but I would not recommend that.

You don't have to use the controller if you don't want to either if your not using its captive portal feature, etc.  They are even releasing a APP to quick configure the AP with if you don't even want to run the controller for initial setup of the AP.

https://www.ubnt.com/unifi/unifi-ap-ac-lite/

@bikemike:

ipfire supports 802.11g/n without any issue or at least that is what I am set at.  I have no issues with integrated WiFi using ipfire.  Most of my connections are around 130mb or less.  So, not quite N.  This is more than enough to support what we do.

I find the ipfire interface a bit unrefined with some odd behavior in certain areas .  pfsense is simply more mature and is much more refined with the ability for more advanced features, etc.  Plus, I wanted to try something new  :)  The pfsense is much more intuitive and simply makes sense.

For some reason, pfsense does not like the Atheros AR9283 chipset.  Being close to the access point, things worked.  Being further away, the signal strength was good, but the mass frequency of stuck beacons were too much for things like facetime, etc.  Changing channels reduced the beacon errors, but not enough for a reliable connection at distance.

In short, I simply like pfsense better, but ipfire worked without much tinkering after the fact.  Looks like an external AP may be the way to go here unfortunately.

yes external are aweseome..

you can buy an tplink i am using tlwr740v1.1 since it came out . and its still running great .. i have loaded it with ddwrt and using it as ap so it is just a connecting point for my clients all other things are forwarded to pfsense..
it hardly costs 15 USD

is above ok or bug ?
i have made a video screencast .. i will share it  to demonstrate/reproduce above problem ..  (hardly 7 minute video )
i cannot share it here in open due to the fact that that contains live ips..  but will upload and share via pm ..
just pm me i will share it.

@Phishfry:

You noticed there seems to be some problems with the RaLink and pfSense. I am have tested with RT5572/5592 and they have issues too, but the the pfSense 2.3 testing branch works well. Have you tried the nightly build. They are pretty solid.

The run driver does not support 802.11n mode.

Ya, I tried the latest 2.3 snapshot as of about two days ago and it has the same kernel panic and reboot as soon as the interface attempts to come up. Actually I've tried about four different pfSense versions from pre-2.0 to 2.3 alpha. All have the same crash with the run driver.