• WAN interface does not receive an IP address when configuring pfSense

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    @nemtsov Yes, your screen captures show it is not getting an IP However, when the broadcast goes out on the wan - what is it (em0) virtually connected to ? show the section of the VirtualBox settings similar to that I am showing above. the adapters. Then ask yourself is there a DHCP Server on that Adapter that can answer the call. if nothing is seeing the broadcast, nothing can answer = No IP Even with the pfSense box started and from the screen shown, you should be able to connect to the pfsense web interface from a machine in the virtual network 192.168.1. /24 That won't be an issue. What IP range is the host machine in?
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    Wireless client isolation is a layer 2 function on the access point itself.
  • How do you set up new Parent Interfaces on pfSense

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    @IBP said in How do you set up new Parent Interfaces on pfSense: WAX615-100EUS That's an external Access Point not a wireless NIC. You would only see that error if you're trying to create a wifi interface within pfSense. Like you have put a WIFI PCIe cxard in the 2100 dircetly and are creating virtual access points on it. Unless you have that you should not use the Wireless Interface tab at all. What exactly are you trying to do?
  • How do you configure a Guest WLan?

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    @SteveITS thanks for the quick response on both fronts.
  • anth0 and Snort AppID use Question

    ath0 wireless snort appid
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    @stephenw10 I originally didn't think it would work. But it does. It's amazing.
  • Problem getting Intel AC 7620 working in "access point" mode

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    Maybe.
  • PCI-E Card for WiFi AP

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    Exactly. To do it with one card you would need to find a card that had two complete sets of hardware on it. I'm not sure such a card exists but if it does it's probably far far more expensive. Hence my '100x' guess. Regular single radio cards can be had for <$5.
  • Mesh wifi access point?

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    Yes, though not as an access point.
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    @NollipfSense I bet in the future we will dock only our smartphones to a KDM at work and will no longer use WiFi. A VM for work boots like Windows 11 and undock and it shuts down. If you go to a different company they delete the VM.
  • canon pixma mf642cdw

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    https://forum.netgate.com/topic/183787/s0lved-squidguard-and-wireless-printer Maybe add a DNS resolver for it also??
  • Fixup the connection of a Wireless WAN to a particular BSSID

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    @stephenw10 PR created: BSSID entry on Network-Specific Wireless Configuration of Interfaces #14960
  • Pfsense + freeradius + Microsoft Active Directory

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    I wouldn't expect to have to make any other change there. You might try restarting Freeradius to be sure though.
  • dev.ath.0. tpack / dev.ath.0.tpcts

    tpcts tpack ath.0 wi-fi sysctls
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    The command to set that would be: sysctl dev.ath.0.tpack=99 But I can't set it on an ath card here. It may not apply to all hardware. It might be a loader value.
  • pfSense as wireless AP transmit power adjustments?

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    @provels @provels Take a look at this file with the built in editor in pfsense GUI [image: 1698763977377-screenshot-2023-10-31-at-7.49.01-am-resized.png] This may have blocked you from turning it up. It might be limited by way of this file. . . Scroll down and find WiFi 11g and check for something called max power
  • hacking SSID

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    You guys all scare the hell out of me. I've loads of APs without any passwords at all. And at home neither, as I haven't seen yet any rabbits with some BYOD ....
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    In Diag > Packet Capture. Set it to filter for ports 67 or 68 to see the DHCP traffic. Renew the lease in Status > Interfaces. You will see the DHCP packets as it captures them and also can download the resulting capture to see what they contain. Steve
  • SG-2100 and Compex WLE200NX card

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    @JonathanLee said in SG-2100 and Compex WLE200NX card: I was reading FreeBSD has Intel support for AC and AX somewhere They have support for that hardware BUT: There is not support for .ac or .ax so the cards can only run in .na/g mode. They an only run in station mode not hostap so cannot be access points.
  • Atheros ath0: device timeout errors

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    @provels 802.11NG 20ht was really bad for me. It only works well with 802.11NA on -40ht with a 5dbi antenna set. The 8dbi was like a laser or point to point. The 5dbi is like an oval shape for coverage.
  • Wifi performance

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    @Panja What kind of dbi is your antena? 7, 8 or 10? https://dongknows.com/wi-fi-dbi-and-high-gain-antennas-explained/
  • WiFi suddenly gone (ath0 beacon stuck)

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    Hello I wanted to share that I have found a possible solution to the stuck beacon on my SG-2100 [image: 1698276003747-screenshot-2023-10-25-at-4.19.48-pm-resized.png] Make sure all of the following are checked under SystemAdvancedNetworking Hardware Checksum Offloading Hardware TCP Segmentation Offloading Hardware Large Receive Offloading They must be disabled for Snort's inline mode to function. When I was testing trying to activate Snort's inline mode I left them like this and the stuck beacon error stopped all day. It is completely gone now.
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