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      Hunk
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      Hello everyone, I have a problem to configure a WLAN on my pfsense that I run on VMWare my WAN is Bridger has an internal network card Atheros AR956x Wireless Network Adapter, my LAN configure in NAT for my WLAN connect to bridge via A network card outside Atheros AR7015 Wireless Network Adapter, the problem is that the network port is not automatically set ath0 when I assign it to my Opt1 (WLAN) interface even though my external card is recognized by pfsense and more The Common Wirless Configuration field on my WLAN configuration interface does not appear, thanks for your reply, greeting!

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        ikkuranus
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        I'd be willing to bet you can't use an internal wireless adapter as an access point with a virtual pfsense unless using pcie passthrough.

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