Yes, I've read that thread. Hopefully this problem will be solved in pfsense 2.0. I do not think I will test out pfsense 2.0 for at least a couple weeks from now. Maybe a month or so. But, hopefully it will be solved then.

I'm also thinking about getting a couple better quality antennas. The ones I have are not that great.

Right now the wireless doesn't even work when I've placed the router where it goes… its too weak of a signal.

@wallabybob:

olsr is …?

huh, ask google/yahoo/etc.
http://hipercom.inria.fr/olsr/  (eng.)

Ok, I understand.

It's a pity though that the wireless stability leaves a lot to be desired with the latest releases. At least that's my personal experience.
I used to use Ralink cards, but I read that Atheros based cards were better, and changed to an Atheros based wireless nic.

In a sense it works great for regular surfing, but I can't for example download a 600MB file over my wireless connection (antenna is only two meters away from my client) because it seems when there is 'a lot' of traffic my wireless connection resets itself. So my download gets interrupted every time.

yes

thanks for the replies
i think for the simplicity sake, im going to leave it as is
still having some minor issues with wireless (mac wont connect when ssid is hidden, connects fine when not hidden)
but other than that, im quite happy with how it works right now
was just pondering if anyone uses two mini-pci wireless cards to improve signal strength

Thanks, I hadn't thought of trying that :)

I just did this (the thread's topic), and it works great.

Physical Setup: One of the WRT54G LAN ports to pfSense LAN ( in my case, the house switch ).

DD-WRT Setup ( Basic Setup tab ) ( DD-WRT v24 )
WAN Connection Type: Disabled
Router IP: Local IP Address: [ Something other than your pfSense box ]
Network Address Server Settings (DHCP): DHCP Type: DHCP Forwarder
DHCP Server: [ the IP address of your pfSense router ]

Note: If the Linksys' LAN IP was/is the same as you pfSense box (you know, the common 192.168.1.1), make sure you change that before hooking it up in the pfSense's LAN.

@shadow:

I assume the answer's gonna be the same, the drivers, come from upstream…

Yep. See my post in that thread http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,20092.msg104940.html#msg104940

If D-Link didn't switch the chipset without telling anyone (they do that sometimes), it should be based on the Atheros 5416 chipset. Should work, but not in 801.11n mode. Per the man page: AR5416-class devices are capable of 802.11n operation but are supported only in legacy modes (802.11a, 11b, 11g).
It should work in any mode you want. Generally, you want to set it up in AP mode. There are a couple of howto's available here: http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Category:Howto

what i did was go on the freebsd forum and see what people were using with 7.2

i chose to use the newest atheros chipset that 7.2 supported.
Atheros  AR5008 Wireless Mini PCI Card 802.11n

yes, its 802.11n, which doesnt work, but the 802.11g part of it still does
cost a bit more than the older ones, but i like getting the newer parts, and people have said it worked

Normally these cards just fake the power output reported to the driver.
Like if you set it to use 20db it would use 20 + XX in order to be compatible with normal equipment.
So when you set it to 20 it would really output 26 or somthing like that.
Ask you mfg. how much they double the selected power.

Thanks all..

Seem solved now

I need separate them to two subnet, it work now. Bridge mode have problem

May be onboard realtek giga LAN cannot bridge with wireless (Atheros chips)

Found the following:

dturbo  Enable the use of Atheros Dynamic Turbo mode when communicating
            with another Dynamic Turbo-capable station.  Dynamic Turbo mode
            is an Atheros-specific mechanism by which stations switch between
            normal 802.11 operation and a ``boosted'' mode in which a 40MHz
            wide channel is used for communication.  Stations using Dynamic
            Turbo mode operate boosted only when the channel is free of non-
            dturbo stations; when a non-dturbo station is identified on the
            channel all stations will automatically drop back to normal oper-
            ation.  By default, Dynamic Turbo mode is not enabled, even if
            the device is capable.  Note that turbo mode (dynamic or static)
            is only allowed on some channels depending on the regulatory con-
            straints; use the list chan command to identify the channels
            where turbo mode may be used.  To disable Dynamic Turbo mode use
            -dturbo

It looks like the driver is miss behaving because here it says it should not be enabled by default. I tried to set the channel back to auto and the do a ifconfig ath0 -dturbo but after the reboot it's back to channel 6 with turbo enabled. the -dturbo does not seem to do anything.

Could we disable turbo mode with systcls or prevent the system from selecting channel 6?

Could it be that the Wireless configuration->Standard dropdown control of the pfSense Web Administration is not writing the proper configuration when you choose 802.11g?

Any movement on this?

I have the exact card and the no carrier issue as well, running 1.2.3 RC3.  I have not tried the manual bridging yet…

read http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,19887.0.html

@danswartz:

I would think you could just use one rule and specify any for the source IP, no?

0.0.0.0 is not a valid IP on the OPT interface so no.

that was the only reason, to be honest.  well, and also, the tp-link card i got was specifically recommended, and i don't see it in mini-pci format.