• Pfsense and Cisco Aironet 1231G?

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    This is more Cisco site question, but i can answer some

    In cisco you can use vlans and you can assign SSID/VLAN to have multiple wireless networks. In some very rare occassions you can assign multiple SSID's / VLAN

    just make sure, that Fastethernet0 is in trunk mode and vlan's are tagged except webgui(management) vlan, because AP's can't handle VLAN tagged management when using webgui.

    KR, soon to be CCNA-Wireless(i hope)

    EDIT: Some more help

  • Access Point help

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  • Transmit Power

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    Generally (or possibly always?) this setting does nothing at its default value of 99.  The system rejects values that are higher than a set value (determined by the driver) and 99 is way over that in the cases I've seen.

  • Have you ever seem this? (OPT interface of a Wireless card)

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  • Can't ping WLAN clients from other WLAN clients

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    @edmund:

    Now I re-read the WLAN config page I see that … thanks.  However, reading the manual (P366, sec 18.3.1) appears to suggest that BSS must be turned off if the WLAN is bridged ... so I've had it turned off since setting up the WLAN and I've been scratching my head about this for a year or more now.

    That's referring to BSS and IBSS modes, you're using hostap mode.

  • Wireless interface for WiFi AP

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    You don't. The wireless interface is for using pfSense to create a wireless access point. Create a LAN-type interface, and connect your UniFi APs and UniFi management station to that interface through a switch.

    P.S. I don't mean this to be rude but rather simply advice - to be honest, I think you made a huge mistake choosing UniFi based on the level of knowledge shown in your post. Why did you choose UniFi? It's a managed AP system requiring a separate controller computer and substantial networking knowledge. If you just wanted ceiling-mount smoke detector APs, EnGenius makes some good ones that are just standalone AP's.

  • PfSense under the hood

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    i have 2 nic's in my pfsense.
    1 WAN
    1 LAN

    the LAN has ap wds connected
    the second ap wds is 300 meters away.

    when connected to ap wds on the LAN (wireless) everything works.

    when i connect to ap wds 2 (300 meters away) it will not five me an ip address.

    both ap have static ip
    and they are connected with eachother

    someone any ideas how to fox this

  • Opt1 (Wifi) and LAN on same subnet

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    Finaly i got it working but it was a hard peace of trail and error.

    1. create a new interface -> Opt2
    2. Setup the interface IP for Opt2 (interfaces ->Opt2) and change the name if you want
    3. Setup the DHCP Server for Opt2
    4. Create a "Source=Bridge subnet; rest=any" Firewall rule for Opt2
    5. create a bridge: Interfaces -> Bridges, and select LAN and Wifi
    6. Select the Bridge as "Network port" for Opt2; Interfaces-> asign
    7. Deactivate the DHCP server of LAN and Wifi
    8. Set the Type of LAN and Wifi to "None"

    Now your LAN and Wifi clients should get an IP from the DHCP server configured for Opt2 and these clients should be able to access the internet.

    But they are currently not able to access each other WLAN <-> LAN.

    So solve that i added two rules for the Firewall:
    1. LAN: Source=Bridge subnet; rest = any
    2. WLAB: Source= Bridge subnet; rest=any

    Instead of adding these two rules you can also change the value at : System -> Advanced -> System tuneables -> net.link.bridge.pfil_member->  "0"

    At that point my clients where able to ping each other and also wake up on lan from my tablet to a PC was working.

    If you have any hints what i can do better on my configuration feel free to let me know.

  • Cannot get wireless atheros card to be recognized in pfSense 2.0.1

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    @chriv:

    Simple problem: pfSense 2.0.1 doesn't load the driver for my atheros wireless card in my Acer netbook.

    Wrong diagnosis. The driver is already built in the kernel and it is effectively reporting the I/O subsystem is not correctly setup for the card.

    #: dmesg | grep -i ath ath0: <atheros 2424="" 5424=""> irq 17 at device 0.0 on pci3 ath0: 0x10000 bytes of rid 0x10 res 3 failed (0, 0xffffffff). ath0: cannot map register space device_attach: ath0 attach returned 6</atheros>

    After a quick look through the FreeBSD source code I suspect this means something like:
    1. There isn't enough kernel address space or page table entries to map the 0x10000 (64k) bytes of PCI memory address space on the ath device into kernel memory space; or
    2. An upstream PCI bridge doesn't have enough memory address space to allow access to all its downstream devices AND this device;

    Is this card a mini PCI-Express card replacing the netbook's standard WiFi card?

    Is pfSense running in some kind of virtual environment?

    Was the card in the system at boot time?

    Have you tried a snapshot build of pfSense 2.1?

  • USB Wireless NIC

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    As best I can tell the "rum" chipset went "end of life" a couple of years ago. It has been superseded by the "run" chipset which wasn't supported until pfSense 2.0.

    You might be able to pick up a suitable used USB dongle on eBay though take care because many suppliers of WiFi add-on devices quietly change the chipset without changing the model number.

    I think you might be better off upgrading to pfSense 2.0.1 and then you should be able to use a Tenda W311U or TP-Link WN321G. The Tenda is supported by the the run driver, the TP-Link by the rum driver (if you manage to get an "old" one) or the run driver.

    If you use a "run" device pfSense will need a tweak to get the device firmware loaded at boot time.

  • PfSense does not recognize my USB wireless adapter at boot

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    Have you added the needed line to the "loader.conf.local"

    here a Ralink based USB Wireless adapter example

    runfw_load="yes"

    add the line according to Your USB wireless Chipset / Driver

  • What is txpower? Should I be able to set txpower higher than 30?

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    That mailing list post might be specific to the Intel iwn(4) driver.  From what I can tell, txpower is set in increments of .5dBm and stored, internally, as an integer.  When I set it to 20.5 it works, but 20.6 gives an error:

    ifconfig: invalid tx power (must be .5 dBm units)

    So, to me, that means the value shown by txpower is definitely in dBm.  I'm still confused about txpowmax being 50.0 though.  Is it 2xdBm?  I also don't know why txpower can be set above 26dBm for my specific card.

    I subscribed to the freebsd-wireless mailing list and sent a message to it to see if someone there can give a better explanation.  With the exception of the GUI setting it doesn't look like pfSense actually touches any of the parts involved.

    Here are a few links I found to related info.

  • Can't connect pfSense to my router

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    Thanks for your reply, I solved the problem, it was an configuration issue.

  • "most" Atheros wifi cards work?

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    Not sure really, I just grabbed two that had the 88W…. chip and they were both OK, though I don't have any in production.

  • WI-FI AP not working in LAN

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    Hi there !

    I have many 54GLxxx (Linksys/Cisco) with the latest DDWRT firmware.
    They are attatched to my Opt1 interface - my Public Wifi acces network, PfSense = 192.168.2.1 - AP1 192.168.2.2 AP2 192.168.2.3 etc etc
    I have also 54GLxxx (Linksys/Cisco) with the latest DDWRT firmware in my LAN - PfSense = 192.168.1.1 (which is default) , the AP being 192.168.1.15
    The gateway setting in the AP is (of course) 192.168.1.1 - DHCP server in the AP is set to off.
    Needles to say that I DO NOT use the "WAN" plug on the back of the 54GLxxx, but one of the four plugs of the built in switch.

    You could use one of your Pc's on your LAN section to see the web interface of the AP … and use the telnet (SSH) interface to see what happens in your AP. (Note that the AP DDWRT Firmware has a bare Linux kernel, so basic commands like ifconfig etc work).

    What I didn't understood from your wors is that you could put it (teh AP) to work when connected to your Opt1 network.
    Connecting it to the LAN network - and the AP stops working.
    DID you change the gateway when you switched ?
    If a connection on the switch from the AP always work, but not the Wifi part the the problem is situated in the AP.

    If I recall well, all I change to make a DDWRT AP work, is:
    Reset it. It should have a LAN IP that is 192.168.1.1 - dhcp server activated.
    Connect a PC to it - using LAN cable on the back. (NOT the WAN port).
    Change IP LAN from 192.168.1.1 to i.e. 192.168.1.2
    While your at it, on the same page:
    Switch "Connection type" to "Dissabled"
    Local IP Address = 192.168.1.2
    Mask 255.255.255.0
    Gateway 192.168.1.1 (points to pfsense)
    Local DNS : 192.168.1.1 (points to pfSense)
    Shut down its DHCP.
    (Think about using a NTP server ...)
    Validate.

    The AP should be up now. Mine is.

  • PFSense as WPA Enterprise Client

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    @wallabybob:

    It looks to me that the GUI doesn't provide for configuration of a wireless client connecting to an AP which uses RADIUS authentication. In particular, there doesn't seem to be a way to input the RADIUS username (identity) and password. There doesn't seem to be a HOWTO for this type of configuration and it doesn't seem to be discussed in the pfSense book. It would probably be worth submitting a bug report on http://redmine.pfsense.org

    Better late than never ;)

    It works, but as you said, a bit fragile. Thank you.

    Issue submitted:
    http://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/2400

  • Watchdog timeout on LAN when Wireless is bridged

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    I switched the interfaces from WAN/re1, LAN/re0 to WAN/re0, LAN/re1 and so far no timeouts.  I will continue to monitor.  The kernel panic when booting with ACPI disabled is still worrisome, but I will post that in a different forum.

  • Force wireless WAN to connect to specific BSSID

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    There is no option for that at the moment on the page for configuring the wireless interface, but you could change the script to add the parameter.  In /etc/inc/interfaces.inc go to the bottom of the interface_wireless_configure function.  There you should see this:

    /* configure wireless */ $wlcmd_args = implode(" ", $wlcmd); mwexec("/sbin/ifconfig {$if} $wlcmd_args", false);

    Before the $wlcmd_args = implode(" ", $wlcmd); line you can add ifconfig parameters to $wlcmd.  If you only have one wireless interface assigned you could change it to this (replace your_ap_mac_here with the AP MAC, with colons as the separator):

    /* configure wireless */ $wlcmd[] = "bssid your_ap_mac_here"; $wlcmd_args = implode(" ", $wlcmd); mwexec("/sbin/ifconfig {$if} $wlcmd_args", false);

    If you have multiple wireless interfaces, you could do something like this (assuming ath0 is the assigned interface for the example):

    /* configure wireless */ if ($if == "ath0_wlan0") $wlcmd[] = "bssid your_ap_mac_here"; $wlcmd_args = implode(" ", $wlcmd); mwexec("/sbin/ifconfig {$if} $wlcmd_args", false);
  • Intermittent Wireless Connection Problems With iPad and iPhone

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    The iPad has one of the worst WiFi antennas I have seen in a device.  It's rang is very limited; even my iPhone can get a signal when my iPad can't.

  • TP-LINK TL-WN722N

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    The driver for the chipset reported to be in the current generation of the WN321G supports Access Point mode.

    The driver for the chipset in the previous generation of the WN321G supports Access Point mode.

    Access Point mode is when a WiFi station controls conversation with a number of WiFi clients (which then operate in Infrastructure mode).

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