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

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    LeCygne
    last edited by May 12, 2013, 2:46 PM

    @ptt:

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

    And ?

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      ptt Rebel Alliance
      last edited by 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> 
      

      System_log.PNG
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        LeCygne
        last edited by 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 .

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          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by 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

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            LeCygne
            last edited by 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 .

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              LeCygne
              last edited by 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

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                wallabybob
                last edited by 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.

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                  LeCygne
                  last edited by May 14, 2013, 6:03 PM

                  Any an idea ?

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                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                    last edited by May 14, 2013, 6:33 PM

                    So the crash happens as soon as you plug the usb stick in?

                    It seems like it doesn't have the revision written on it (or if it does you're just not saying!  ;)). The only way to determine which it is is to look at the reported USB vendor and product values:
                    http://wikidevi.com/wiki/D-Link_DWL-G122_rev_C1

                    Perhaps plug it into a different box to get them.

                    Steve

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                      LeCygne
                      last edited by May 17, 2013, 4:12 PM

                      @stephenw10:

                      So the crash happens as soon as you plug the usb stick in?

                      No it happen when enabling wireless's interface .

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                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                        last edited by May 17, 2013, 7:34 PM May 17, 2013, 7:30 PM

                        Ah, OK. Then run 'usbconfig dump_device_desc' before you enable the interface and post the results.

                        Steve

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                          LeCygne
                          last edited by May 21, 2013, 1:44 PM

                          @stephenw10:

                          Ah, OK. Then run 'usbconfig dump_device_desc' before you enable the interface and post the results.

                          Steve

                          Hi…i'm sorry for my late replay .

                          So do you want me to plugin my device and execute your command then enable wireless interface ?

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                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                            last edited by May 21, 2013, 1:51 PM

                            Just plug it in then run that command and paste the output here. Then we will know what hardware you're dealing with.

                            Steve

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                              LeCygne
                              last edited by May 21, 2013, 2:15 PM

                              @stephenw10:

                              Just plug it in then run that command and paste the output here. Then we will know what hardware you're dealing with.

                              Steve

                              Here :

                               usbconfig dump_device_desc
                              ugen0.1: <uhci root="" hub="" intel="">at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=ON
                              
                                bLength = 0x0012 
                                bDescriptorType = 0x0001 
                                bcdUSB = 0x0100 
                                bDeviceClass = 0x0009 
                                bDeviceSubClass = 0x0000 
                                bDeviceProtocol = 0x0000 
                                bMaxPacketSize0 = 0x0040 
                                idVendor = 0x0000 
                                idProduct = 0x0000 
                                bcdDevice = 0x0100 
                                iManufacturer = 0x0001  <intel>iProduct = 0x0002  <uhci root="" hub="">iSerialNumber = 0x0000  <no string="">bNumConfigurations = 0x0001 
                              
                              ugen1.1: <uhci root="" hub="" intel="">at usbus1, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=ON
                              
                                bLength = 0x0012 
                                bDescriptorType = 0x0001 
                                bcdUSB = 0x0100 
                                bDeviceClass = 0x0009 
                                bDeviceSubClass = 0x0000 
                                bDeviceProtocol = 0x0000 
                                bMaxPacketSize0 = 0x0040 
                                idVendor = 0x0000 
                                idProduct = 0x0000 
                                bcdDevice = 0x0100 
                                iManufacturer = 0x0001  <intel>iProduct = 0x0002  <uhci root="" hub="">iSerialNumber = 0x0000  <no string="">bNumConfigurations = 0x0001 
                              
                              ugen2.1: <ehci root="" hub="" intel="">at usbus2, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON
                              
                                bLength = 0x0012 
                                bDescriptorType = 0x0001 
                                bcdUSB = 0x0200 
                                bDeviceClass = 0x0009 
                                bDeviceSubClass = 0x0000 
                                bDeviceProtocol = 0x0001 
                                bMaxPacketSize0 = 0x0040 
                                idVendor = 0x0000 
                                idProduct = 0x0000 
                                bcdDevice = 0x0100 
                                iManufacturer = 0x0001  <intel>iProduct = 0x0002  <ehci root="" hub="">iSerialNumber = 0x0000  <no string="">bNumConfigurations = 0x0001 
                              
                              ugen3.1: <uhci root="" hub="" intel="">at usbus3, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=ON
                              
                                bLength = 0x0012 
                                bDescriptorType = 0x0001 
                                bcdUSB = 0x0100 
                                bDeviceClass = 0x0009 
                                bDeviceSubClass = 0x0000 
                                bDeviceProtocol = 0x0000 
                                bMaxPacketSize0 = 0x0040 
                                idVendor = 0x0000 
                                idProduct = 0x0000 
                                bcdDevice = 0x0100 
                                iManufacturer = 0x0001  <intel>iProduct = 0x0002  <uhci root="" hub="">iSerialNumber = 0x0000  <no string="">bNumConfigurations = 0x0001 
                              
                              ugen4.1: <uhci root="" hub="" intel="">at usbus4, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=ON
                              
                                bLength = 0x0012 
                                bDescriptorType = 0x0001 
                                bcdUSB = 0x0100 
                                bDeviceClass = 0x0009 
                                bDeviceSubClass = 0x0000 
                                bDeviceProtocol = 0x0000 
                                bMaxPacketSize0 = 0x0040 
                                idVendor = 0x0000 
                                idProduct = 0x0000 
                                bcdDevice = 0x0100 
                                iManufacturer = 0x0001  <intel>iProduct = 0x0002  <uhci root="" hub="">iSerialNumber = 0x0000  <no string="">bNumConfigurations = 0x0001 
                              
                              ugen5.1: <ehci root="" hub="" intel="">at usbus5, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON
                              
                                bLength = 0x0012 
                                bDescriptorType = 0x0001 
                                bcdUSB = 0x0200 
                                bDeviceClass = 0x0009 
                                bDeviceSubClass = 0x0000 
                                bDeviceProtocol = 0x0001 
                                bMaxPacketSize0 = 0x0040 
                                idVendor = 0x0000 
                                idProduct = 0x0000 
                                bcdDevice = 0x0100 
                                iManufacturer = 0x0001  <intel>iProduct = 0x0002  <ehci root="" hub="">iSerialNumber = 0x0000  <no string="">bNumConfigurations = 0x0001 
                              
                              ugen5.2: <802.11 bg WLAN Ralink> at usbus5, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON
                              
                                bLength = 0x0012 
                                bDescriptorType = 0x0001 
                                bcdUSB = 0x0200 
                                bDeviceClass = 0x0000 
                                bDeviceSubClass = 0x0000 
                                bDeviceProtocol = 0x0000 
                                bMaxPacketSize0 = 0x0040 
                                idVendor = 0x07d1 
                                idProduct = 0x3c03 
                                bcdDevice = 0x0001 
                                iManufacturer = 0x0001  <ralink>iProduct = 0x0002  <802.11 bg WLAN>
                                iSerialNumber = 0x0000  <no string="">bNumConfigurations = 0x0001</no></ralink></no></ehci></intel></ehci></no></uhci></intel></uhci></no></uhci></intel></uhci></no></ehci></intel></ehci></no></uhci></intel></uhci></no></uhci></intel></uhci> 
                              
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                                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                last edited by May 21, 2013, 6:27 PM

                                OK

                                ugen5.2: <802.11 bg WLAN Ralink> at usbus5, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON

                                bLength = 0x0012
                                  bDescriptorType = 0x0001
                                  bcdUSB = 0x0200
                                  bDeviceClass = 0x0000
                                  bDeviceSubClass = 0x0000
                                  bDeviceProtocol = 0x0000
                                  bMaxPacketSize0 = 0x0040
                                  idVendor = 0x07d1
                                  idProduct = 0x3c03
                                  bcdDevice = 0x0001
                                  iManufacturer = 0x0001  <ralink>iProduct = 0x0002  <802.11 bg WLAN>
                                  iSerialNumber = 0x0000  <no string="">bNumConfigurations = 0x0001</no></ralink>

                                So this shows you have the rev C1 hardware according to the WikiDevi page.
                                This should be supported by the rum(4) driver.

                                To make the driver load at boot add the line:

                                if_rum_load="YES"
                                

                                To the file /boot/loader.conf.local. You may have to create that file if it doesn't exist.

                                So now the question is why is it not working.
                                What do you see in the logs after it's first plugged in (before you attempt to assign the interface)?

                                What settings are you attempting to apply when you assign the interface?

                                Steve

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                                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                  last edited by May 21, 2013, 6:43 PM

                                  A quick search here for dwl-g122 shows up some worrying threads such as this:
                                  http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,44491.0.html
                                  And this much older comment:
                                  http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,27519.msg143349.html#msg143349
                                  Did it ever get fixed for 2.0?

                                  You might just try 2.1 to get the most recent driver.

                                  Steve

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                                    LeCygne
                                    last edited by May 24, 2013, 1:54 PM

                                    @stephenw10:

                                    OK

                                    ugen5.2: <802.11 bg WLAN Ralink> at usbus5, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON

                                    bLength = 0x0012
                                      bDescriptorType = 0x0001
                                      bcdUSB = 0x0200
                                      bDeviceClass = 0x0000
                                      bDeviceSubClass = 0x0000
                                      bDeviceProtocol = 0x0000
                                      bMaxPacketSize0 = 0x0040
                                      idVendor = 0x07d1
                                      idProduct = 0x3c03
                                      bcdDevice = 0x0001
                                      iManufacturer = 0x0001  <ralink>iProduct = 0x0002  <802.11 bg WLAN>
                                      iSerialNumber = 0x0000  <no string="">bNumConfigurations = 0x0001</no></ralink>

                                    So this shows you have the rev C1 hardware according to the WikiDevi page.
                                    This should be supported by the rum(4) driver.

                                    To make the driver load at boot add the line:

                                    if_rum_load="YES"
                                    

                                    To the file /boot/loader.conf.local. You may have to create that file if it doesn't exist.

                                    So now the question is why is it not working.
                                    What do you see in the logs after it's first plugged in (before you attempt to assign the interface)?

                                    What settings are you attempting to apply when you assign the interface?

                                    Steve

                                    Wait how can i do that ? (creating file or writing to a file ?)

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                                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                      last edited by May 25, 2013, 6:57 PM

                                      You can do both with the following command:

                                      echo 'if_rum_load="yes"' >> /boot/loader.conf.local
                                      

                                      Steve

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                                        wallabybob
                                        last edited by May 25, 2013, 11:22 PM

                                        If I recall correctly, the rum driver has been in pfSense since at least pfSense 1.2.3.

                                        Again, if I recall correctly I saw system crashes on enabling rum devices in pfSense 2.0.

                                        Yesterday I tried enabling a rum device on a pSense 2.1 RC0 build and saw lost of messages like
                                        May 25 13:03:00 pfsense2 kernel: rum0: could not multi read MAC register: USB_ERR_TIMEOUT
                                        May 25 13:03:13 pfsense2 kernel: rum0: could not multi read MAC register: USB_ERR_TIMEOUT
                                        May 25 13:03:17 pfsense2 kernel: stray irq7
                                        May 25 13:03:26 pfsense2 kernel: rum0: could not multi write MAC register: USB_ERR_TIMEOUT

                                        and the system seemed to lock up when I issued the shell command```
                                        usbconfig show_ifdrv

                                        
                                        I suspect the driver is infected with bit rot and it is unlikely there will be anyone interested in fixing in in either FreeBSD 8.1 or 8.3.
                                        
                                        I have successfully used Ralink RT3070 based devices as Access Points in pfSense 2.0.x and pfSense 2.1 snapshot builds but unfortunately the devices I used seem to have disappeared from local retail outlets. A search for RT3070 on eBay should show some likely sources and a search in the pfSense wireless forum should also turn up some likely sources. At prices of these devices I suspect it is not worth your while trying to get your existing device working. It may well work quite well under Windows or Linux.
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                                          LeCygne
                                          last edited by May 26, 2013, 2:35 PM

                                          @stephenw10:

                                          You can do both with the following command:

                                          echo 'if_rum_load="yes"' >> /boot/loader.conf.local
                                          

                                          Steve

                                          Okay i have done that and ?

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