I'm not sure if the signal stats coming from the device is standard, it may be that the script can't interpret whatever your Novatel is sending. It might not be sending anything.
Try to find some Linux users who are using the Novatel in this manner who may have accessed the signal stats.

Steve

re0 is an OPT interface and the default is to block all traffic on an OPT interface.

You need firewall rules to allow traffic to pass through it.

If it helps I resolved the beacon stuck issue by selecting the regularity domain and country to what mine is (ETSI and UK)

Will you provide a print screen of the Interface Assignment tab? I assure you that the steps in the docs are applicable to 2.1.3 .

Oh, I like that idea.

So all I need is:

1. another ethernet card (set Opt to make it another Lan?)

2. Then  from that ethernet card connect an ethernet cable to a wireless access point.

Sounds simple enough. But, if there is a security risk to having virtualbox run pfsense what would that be?

Thank you jimp and gjaltemba.

@doktornotor:

I'd rather use RFC 1149 than USB WiFi dongle…

Ah, good old IPoAC.  You might want to read though RFC 2549 though.  IPoAC isn't terribly reliable in its standard form so you may want to consider an upgrade.  If you're a frequent user you might be able to get your carrier to upgrade you for free. ;D

ok cool ! thank you.

With 2.1.3, my ralink is back online. Clients connecting without crashing. Thank you for the release update.

I do this with DD-WRT by creating a wireless  virtual interface and a bridge on another subnet. DNSMasq service starts dhcpd for bridge via commands (gui dhcpd will not work). Use iptables to nat new bridge over to lan. Basically the guest wifi is using the router lan ip as a wan port.

You may need some block rules to restrict access to internet only.

802.11n doesn't work.  There are some n cards that are detected but they will work at g speeds only.  Get an external access point.

@stephenw10:

Just a quick comment on Meraki. A friend of mine did the extended seminar and was given the access point and the central management security appliance. I had a quick play around with it and, yes, it's by far the most powerful wifi setup I've ever come close to. A phenomenal range of features that actually do work.
However last time I spoke to him the appliance was acting as a paper weight because it has an expose DNS (could have been NTP?) service vulnerable to amplification attacks. The suggested solution was 'put it behind your firewall'. Seems a bit lame in a security appliance. I'm sure they'll get around to patching it but seemed in no hurry.

Steve

I don't know that they give those out any more, but I wouldn't have been interested anyway.  The top model they sell, with a street price of more than $40K with a 1 year enterprise license or more like $55K with the advanced security license, is only good for 200Mbit/s of VPN traffic.  That makes it a pretty lousy "concentrator" for 10,000 users.

I am/was mildly interested in their switches though.  Probably won't end up buying any though since I already went with the Nexus 5500's for my core, and am planning on adding a couple 2000-series FEX later this year.  The last thing I need is a 3rd product line on my network.  I was also confused as to why their L2 switches don't have 10Gbe uplinks.  They did in the previous model.  I don't want to have to buy all L3 gear just to have a 10Gbe core between racks.

@verigoth:

As long as you're using a supported card it shouldn't be any different than using an ethernet nic. From my experience the only thing more expensive than an internet connection is data on a cellphone, though.

Definitely the reason behind it only being a temp setup.  I'm stuck waiting for a corporate property owner to make up its mind on allowing the Telco on the property to install equipment.

I have not had any issue with the following
-meraki mr12
-meraki mr16
-dlink 1522
-cisco 4200v1 with DHCP disabled connected to the LAN port
-WD mynet 900 with DHCP disabled connected to the LAN port

@ermal:

Just create firewall block  rule and specify the schedule that you need under schedules.

What Ermal says. I have this too (with some help from Phil.Davis to get it to work  ;D ).

1. On the top of your LAN create a block all rule, and assign a time schedule to it (for example: off at 22.00 - on at 08.00).
2. Beneath that, have your pass rules.

't Works  ;D

In our company, we have all ap connected with dhcp, because we have enough power and have not fixed places for APs, they change every month.

But here i think you have not so much APs and it will tactically clever to set every ap an static ip. You know exactly where the AP is in the network and don`t have to look for the right ip of AP XY.

The next thing is, we are speaking here of small business and home devices. So this is only my mind, but it would save cpu and memory if you don`t set up a dhcp server. Less to do for one device, more power for other services.