Have you tested it with pfsense? Yes i have –posting with it right now as a matter of fact...

Problem was with certain parts of the house having weak or no wifi when I did with the router before. Have not checked speed (again like yourself, not sure how to), but so far everything works as it should be family using plethora of ipads, phones etc. Been slowly configuring my pfSense box to do what I want bit by bit and have wireless  now.  However, next stumbling block now is with the Sonos system. I have wireless on a separate subnet to the LAN. Sonos doesn't play nice (or at all) across subnets.

@cmb: Thanks for joining in, vahokie. @Phishfry: Thanks for looking that up. Considering he's a senior hardware engineer at ADI, I'm guessing he didn't have to look it up even. :) It's better than that.  He is the engineer at ADI on this board.

Here is an image of the EM7355 at bootup. [image: EM7350.jpg] [image: EM7350.jpg_thumb]

Prince1234, I too, discovered that the WLE200NX was not a simultaneous band card.  I'm trying to set up a dual band APU box and since I have one more open slot I ordered another WLE200NX and antenna kit off of Amazon and drilled a couple of holes in my case.  I'll let you know how is goes after the parts come in next week. Jim

pfSense interface named LAN is currently set on re0 port. Ok, i have my answer : [image: pfsense-lan-wlan-bridge_2.png] http://www.stephenyeong.idv.hk/wp/2010/03/pfsense-wireless-bridge-working/ Forgot one step. WAN1 (DHCP/DHCP6) : re1 WAN2 (DHCP/DHCP6) : re2 LAN (192.168.1.1/none) : BRIDGE0 (OPT1+WLAN) WLAN (none/none) : ath0 OPT1 (none/none) : re0 Changes made through WAN and now it's working fine :) Thanks.

@jaspras: If you have wrt54g then change firmware to dd- wrt it has vlan tagging Yes, tomato has it too. The problem is the hardware is not capable of it. Anyway, I decommissioned it and am using pfSense in a VM on linux host with hostapd and it works well.

Yes things are improved quite a bit. I still see the occasional stuck beacon error but it does not seem to be harmful in my case.

The problem with my Mini-PCI to slim PCI adapter approach here is that all MiniPCI modules were only 2X MIMO so most you could pump out  would be 150M single channel/per antenna to each link. For 5-8 Users that single 150M link AP sounds skimpy.

@Derelict: Services > DHCP Server Make a DHCP server for your interface. Hi yes i eventually after typing my first message had the Console window of the server open on the screen also and configured the IP address via console menu and enabled DHCP there. now its all working also.. with dhcp

Lets just agree to disagree. You have offered very good advice and i appreciate it. Your captive portal suggestion on the landing page was spot on for the Arecont neighborhood cam setup. In fact with the html embedded window approach I may be able to quad screen it with 4 camera views.

Clear & reliable config of the network is prerequisite. You make errors like in reply #6.

46dbm is for the receive path and this is exactly what the wireless analyzer shows me on my android phone. At the same time the wireless analyzer shows me 32dbm for the same signal from my asus router I compare the dbm from my asus and the WLE200NX card The signals on my WLE200NX are significantly weaker

150 users is nothing.  If you put pfSense on an APU it would probably be fine.  One of the new Atom C2000s would be more than enough.

pfSense DOES NOT CARE how many users are on an AP.  It's all layer 2. You are simply crazy if you want to use wireless adapters in pfSense for all but the most pedestrian of Wi-Fi access.  Get an AP. Regarding testing, you're getting to the numbers where if people expect it to work, and it doesn't, you look like an ass. Your best bet would be to find a place where wi-fi isn't expected, advertise its availability, and give them something for their feedback.  Depends on how badly you really want to know how well it works. I, personally, cannot see hanging a pfSense from the ceiling where a high-density AP belongs in all but the highest-density, open space scenarios.

Should be AR9285. As said above, try the snapshots, they have latest FreeBSD 11 ath drivers.

My recommendation would be an Apple Airport Extreme card. They can be had for cheap used off ebay. Good card with 3x3 https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Atheros_AR5BXB112 Older but supports some virtual platforms https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Apple_AR5BXB72 This card performed similarly to the Mikrotik with only 400mw. http://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-SR71-E-PC-Express-802-11a-400mW/dp/B004GIGOL6 Costs more but low profile and regular u.fl connectors-good for upgrades in laptops.