Can i use a wireless USB adapter to make pfsense a access point ?

LeCygne · May 10, 2013, 4:32 PM

Hi…Can i use a wireless USB adater to make pfsense an access point so that my clients connect to wirelessly pfsense to access internet ?

thank you .

gderf · May 10, 2013, 5:10 PM

Possibly, if the device is supported by pfsense.

LeCygne · May 10, 2013, 6:02 PM

@gderf:

Possibly, if the device is supported by pfsense.

Any guides ?

thank you .

stan-qaz · May 10, 2013, 7:25 PM

Might be less hassle to use an external access point connected via Ethernet, no hassle with drivers then. You also get a lot more flexibility in where you mount it.

http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,58744.0.html

LeCygne · May 11, 2013, 1:45 PM

@stan-qaz:

Might be less hassle to use an external access point connected via Ethernet, no hassle with drivers then. You also get a lot more flexibility in where you mount it.

http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,58744.0.html

Yes your suggestion is better than what i'm attempting for but that adapter what i have.

so should i search for a driver ?

stephenw10 · May 11, 2013, 5:54 PM

Look here for what cards/drivers are supported:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AojFUXcbH0ROdHgwYkFHbkRUdV9hVWljVWl5SXkxbFE&hl=en

Steve

LeCygne · May 11, 2013, 6:37 PM

@stephenw10:

Look here for what cards/drivers are supported:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AojFUXcbH0ROdHgwYkFHbkRUdV9hVWljVWl5SXkxbFE&hl=en

Steve

Thank you…unfortunately my adapter (D-LINK) is not supported .

stan-qaz · May 12, 2013, 5:16 AM

When you can get an Access Point / Router for around $20.00 fighting a driver issue doesn't pay. Too if you do find and port a driver you'll likely have to keep it updated and port to any new release eating more time.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100010076%204093&IsNodeId=1&bop=And&Order=PRICE&PageSize=20

stephenw10 · May 12, 2013, 1:05 PM

What d-link adapter is it?
I agree that the price of external access points makes any customisation not really worth it. I have an older Atheros card in my home box which works fine. I had that gathering dust in a draw, as I suspect many people here do. ;)

Steve

LeCygne · May 12, 2013, 2:06 PM

@stephenw10:

What d-link adapter is it?

Look at this http://www.dlink.com/us/en/home-solutions/connect/adapters/dwl-g122-wireless-g-usb-dongle

stephenw10 · May 12, 2013, 2:31 PM

There seem to be a few revisions of that stick. Rev. C1 is supported by the rum(4) driver.

That supports AP mode and it's listed in the spreadsheet I linked to. :-\

Do you have a different revision?

Steve

ptt · May 12, 2013, 2:42 PM

Silly question ;D…. Have you connected it to your pfSense ?

LeCygne · May 12, 2013, 2:46 PM

@ptt:

Silly question ;D…. Have you connected it to your pfSense ?

And ?

ptt · May 12, 2013, 2:56 PM

To See what you get on the console / system logs or with dmesg


ugen4.2: <ralink>at usbus4
run0: <1.0> on usbus4
run0: MAC/BBP RT3070 (rev 0x0201), RF RT3020 (MIMO 1T1R), address c8:3a:35:ce:10:4a
run0: firmware RT2870 loaded</ralink>

LeCygne · May 12, 2013, 3:05 PM

@ptt:

To See what you get on the console / system logs or with dmesg


ugen4.2: <ralink>at usbus4
run0: <1.0> on usbus4
run0: MAC/BBP RT3070 (rev 0x0201), RF RT3020 (MIMO 1T1R), address c8:3a:35:ce:10:4a
run0: firmware RT2870 loaded</ralink>

When i do that pfsense immediatly crash .

stephenw10 · May 12, 2013, 3:35 PM

Check to see what revision it is. If it's C1 then it should work and we can try to work out why it's not. If it's some other revision it may not be worth the effort.

Even if it crashes there should be some clue on the console. What makes you think it has 'crashed'?

Steve

LeCygne · May 12, 2013, 3:58 PM

@stephenw10:

What makes you think it has 'crashed'?

Steve

Because after i have installed a interface for my device pfsense freezes and if i unplug my device all thing go back and pfsense tells me that has detected a crash report or something like that.

Ok i will post my device-related syslog .

LeCygne · May 13, 2013, 2:36 PM

Crash report begins. Anonymous machine information:

i386
8.1-RELEASE-p6
FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE-p6 #1: Mon Dec 12 18:18:02 EST 2011 root@FreeBSD_8.0_pfSense_2.0-snaps.pfsense.org:/usr/obj./usr/pfSensesrc/src/sys/pfSense.8

Crash report details:

Filename: /var/crash/bounds
1

Filename: /var/crash/info.0
Dump header from device /dev/ad0s1b
Architecture: i386
Architecture Version: 1
Dump Length: 122880B (0 MB)
Blocksize: 512
Dumptime: Mon May 13 16:58:29 2013
Hostname: pfsense.localdomain
Magic: FreeBSD Text Dump
Version String: FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE-p6 #1: Mon Dec 12 18:18:02 EST 2011
root@FreeBSD_8.0_pfSense_2.0-snaps.pfsense.org:/usr/obj./usr/pfSensesrc/src/sys/pfSense.8
Panic String:
Dump Parity: 2435037477
Bounds: 0
Dump Status: good

Filename: /var/crash/textdump.tar.0
ddb.txt��0600��0��0��140000��12144170605� 7072� ��ustar��root��wheel��db:0:kdb.enter.default> run lockinfo
db:1:lockinfo> show locks
No such command
db:1:locks> show alllocks
No such command
db:1:alllocks> show lockedvnods
Locked vnodes
db:0:kdb.enter.default> show pcpu
cpuid = 0
dynamic pcpu = 0x51f880
curthread = 0xc783c280: pid 0 "rum0 taskq"
curpcb = 0xed5f2d90
fpcurthread = none
idlethread = 0xc498f780: pid 11 "idle: cpu0"
APIC ID = 0
currentldt = 0x50
db:0:kdb.enter.default> bt
Tracing pid 0 tid 64269 td 0xc783c280
ieee80211_chan2mode(ffff,0,c5987cc4,0,18,…) at ieee80211_chan2mode+0xa
rum_start(c4b25800,ffffffff,d25b1900,6083c67,c52ea000,...) at rum_start+0x220
if_transmit(c4b25800,c5987c00,c5987c00,0,c66ce000,...) at if_transmit+0xcb
ieee80211_start(c496c800,5,ffffffff,c4ddac54,ed5f2c9c,...) at ieee80211_start+0x5a8
ieee80211_newstate_cb(c54f3000,7,0,c12ce3fc,0,...) at ieee80211_newstate_cb+0x285
taskqueue_run(c74b4ac0,c74b4ad8,0,c0edc643,0,...) at taskqueue_run+0x89
taskqueue_thread_loop(c66ce074,ed5f2d38,0,281d0a31,281aa1c0,...) at taskqueue_thread_loop+0x45
fork_exit(c0a77de0,c66ce074,ed5f2d38) at fork_exit+0x88
fork_trampoline() at fork_trampoline+0x8
--- trap 0, eip = 0, esp = 0xed5f2d70, ebp = 0 ---
db:0:kdb.enter.default> ps
pid ppid pgrp uid state wmesg wchan cmd
39421 62134 45237 0 S nanslp 0xc133c224 sleep
62134 1 45237 0 S wait 0xc7b75aa0 sh
59970 1 59970 0 Ss select 0xc539bbe4 apinger
57580 1 57260 65534 S select 0xc4dee6a4 dnsmasq
53225 34672 25 0 S nanslp 0xc133c224 sleep
1401 1 1401 0 Ss select 0xc54475a4 syslogd
38532 1 38532 0 Ss (threaded) sshlockout_pf
64268 S nanslp 0xc133c224 sshlockout_pf
64138 S uwait 0xc4ded900 initial thread
4645 29350 28795 62 S sbwait 0xc70c00b8 initial thread
4441 29350 28795 62 S sbwait 0xc6f4da60 initial thread
4313 29350 28795 62 S sbwait 0xc4f4a0b8 initial thread
3989 29350 28795 62 S sbwait 0xc60d0a60 initial thread
3898 29350 28795 62 S sbwait 0xc6f4dd98 initial thread
30283 29350 28795 62 S piperd 0xc6c537a8 unlinkd
29350 28795 28795 62 S kqread 0xc68db400 initial thread
28795 1 28795 0 Ss wait 0xc5fb4d48 squid
9413 1 9413 0 Ss nanslp 0xc133c224 cron
9740 1 9740 0 Ss select 0xc54484e4 ntpd
7616 1 257 123 S select 0xc5447324 ntpd
55023 1 55023 0 Ss select 0xc5447d64 openvpn
15395 45237 45237 0 S accept 0xc53896ae php
37454 45237 45237 0 S nanslp 0xc133c224 php
28935 1 28935 0 Ss (threaded) mpd5
64160 S select 0xc5447aa4 mpd5
40093 38525 40093 0 S+ ttyin 0xc4a21470 sh
38525 38212 38525 0 S+ wait 0xc5495aa0 sh
38281 1 38281 0 Ss (threaded) sshlockout_pf
64150 S nanslp 0xc133c224 sshlockout_pf
64097 S uwait 0xc4beb700 initial thread
38212 1 38212 0 Ss+ wait 0xc4e74550 login
36320 1 36320 0 Ss nanslp 0xc133c224 minicron
36048 1 36048 0 Ss nanslp 0xc133c224 minicron
35636 1 35636 0 Ss nanslp 0xc133c224 minicron
34672 1 25 0 S+ wait 0xc4f27aa0 sh
45237 42787 45237 0 Ss wait 0xc4e4daa0 initial thread
44194 43043 43043 0 S accept 0xc4f4b376 php
44096 43043 43043 0 S accept 0xc4f4b376 php
43043 42787 43043 0 Ss wait 0xc4e757f8 initial thread
42787 1 42752 0 S kqread 0xc52fd300 lighttpd
28466 1 28466 0 Ss select 0xc4c0be64 inetd
18714 1 25 0 S+ piperd 0xc4e6bab8 logger
18461 1 25 0 S+ bpf 0xc4e4f100 tcpdump
11580 1 11580 0 Ss select 0xc4ded124 sshd
270 1 270 0 Ss select 0xc4defe64 devd
259 257 257 0 S kqread 0xc4e3b580 check_reload_status
257 1 257 0 Ss kqread 0xc4bf1d80 check_reload_status
40 0 0 0 SL mdwait 0xc4dbb000 [md0]
24 0 0 0 SL sdflush 0xc136ac60 [softdepflush]
23 0 0 0 SL syncer 0xc134fd94 [syncer]
22 0 0 0 SL vlruwt 0xc4a18d48 [vnlru]
21 0 0 0 SL psleep 0xc134fac8 [bufdaemon]
20 0 0 0 SL pollid 0xc133b77c [idlepoll]
19 0 0 0 SL pgzero 0xc136b914 [pagezero]
18 0 0 0 SL psleep 0xc136b53c [vmdaemon]
17 0 0 0 SL psleep 0xc136b504 [pagedaemon]
16 0 0 0 SL ccb_scan 0xc1306454 [xpt_thrd]
9 0 0 0 SL pftm 0xc04f6d80 [pfpurge]
8 0 0 0 SL waiting_ 0xc13571d8 [sctp_iterator]
7 0 0 0 SL - 0xc4b2043c [fdc0]
15 0 0 0 SL (threaded) usb
64056 D - 0xc4bc2d0c [usbus5]
64055 D - 0xc4bc2cdc [usbus5]
64054 D - 0xc4bc2cac [usbus5]
64053 D - 0xc4bc2c7c [usbus5]
64052 D - 0xc4bb0dac [usbus4]
64051 D - 0xc4bb0d7c [usbus4]
64050 D - 0xc4bb0d4c [usbus4]
64049 D - 0xc4bb0d1c [usbus4]
64048 D - 0xc4b95dac [usbus3]
64047 D - 0xc4b95d7c [usbus3]
64046 D - 0xc4b95d4c [usbus3]
64045 D - 0xc4b95d1c [usbus3]
64044 D - 0xc4b78d0c [usbus2]
64043 D - 0xc4b78cdc [usbus2]
64042 D - 0xc4b78cac [usbus2]
64041 D - 0xc4b78c7c [usbus2]
64039 D - 0xc4b63dac [usbus1]
64038 D - 0xc4b63d7c [usbus1]
64037 D - 0xc4b63d4c [usbus1]
64036 D - 0xc4b63d1c [usbus1]
64034 D - 0xc4b51dac [usbus0]
64033 D - 0xc4b51d7c [usbus0]
64032 D - 0xc4b51d4c [usbus0]
64031 D - 0xc4b51d1c [usbus0]
14 0 0 0 SL - 0xc133c084 [yarrow]
6 0 0 0 SL crypto_r 0xc136a28c [crypto returns]
5 0 0 0 SL crypto_w 0xc136a268 [crypto]
4 0 0 0 SL - 0xc1339924 [g_down]
3 0 0 0 SL - 0xc1339920 [g_up]
2 0 0 0 SL - 0xc1339918 [g_event]
13 0 0 0 SL (threaded) ng_queue
64011 D sleep 0xc12dcae0 [ng_queue1]
64010 D sleep 0xc12dcae0 [ng_queue0]
12 0 0 0 RL (threaded) intr
64061 I [swi0: uart]
64060 I [irq7: ppc0]
64059 I [irq1: atkbd0]
64058 I [irq15: ata1]
64057 I [irq14: ata0]
64040 I [irq22: ehci0]
64035 I [irq21: rl1 uhci1+]
64030 I [irq20: rl0 uhci0++]
64028 I [irq9: acpi0]
64024 I [swi6: task queue]
64023 I [swi6: Giant taskq]
64021 I [swi5: +]
64019 I [swi2: cambio]
64009 I [swi4: clock]
64008 Run CPU 1 [swi4: clock]
64007 I [swi1: netisr 0]
64006 I [swi3: vm]
11 0 0 0 RL (threaded) idle
64005 CanRun [idle: cpu0]
64004 CanRun [idle: cpu1]
1 0 1 0 SLs wait 0xc498dd48 [init]
10 0 0 0 SL audit_wo 0xc136a600 [audit]
0 0 0 0 RLs (threaded) kernel
64269 Run CPU 0 [rum0 taskq]
64029 D - 0xc4b35500 [em0 taskq]
64027 D - 0xc4adf380 [acpi_task_2]
64026 D - 0xc4adf380 [acpi_task_1]
64025 D - 0xc4adf380 [acpi_task_0]
64022 D - 0xc4adf4c0

wallabybob · May 13, 2013, 8:56 PM

I suggest you try a pfSense 2.1 snapshot build. It is based on FreeBSD 8.3 which has newer device drivers than pfSense 2.0.x which is based on FreeBSD 8.1.

LeCygne · May 14, 2013, 6:03 PM

Any an idea ?