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    Is there any way to create an exception for client isolation?

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      Trel
      last edited by

      So, ignoring my idea (with the virtual IP), is there any feasible way to do this within pfsense itself?

      I don't want devices on the guest wifi communicating with each other, with this one exception.

      Pfsense IS the AP off of an internal wireless card, so there's no external controller I can configure here.

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      • DerelictD
        Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
        last edited by

        It's a layer 2 problem.  It's up to the layer 2 device to provide the solution.  I can't think of any reliable way to get pfSense to do this.  I think you need to decide if Roku access is more important than isolation.  Or find a way to get the Roku on a different switch port than the AP.

        Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
        A comprehensive network diagram is worth 10,000 words and 15 conference calls.
        DO NOT set a source address/port in a port forward or firewall rule unless you KNOW you need it!
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          Trel
          last edited by

          @Derelict:

          It's a layer 2 problem.  It's up to the layer 2 device to provide the solution.  I can't think of any reliable way to get pfSense to do this.  I think you need to decide if Roku access is more important than isolation.  Or find a way to get the Roku on a different switch port than the AP.

          Pfsense IS the AP off of an internal wireless card, so there's no external controller I can configure here.
          There's also no switch involved.  The wireless card is a minipcie card attached to the motherboard.

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          • DerelictD
            Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
            last edited by

            Oh.  I'm probably the wrong person to talk to further.  I don't believe pfSense should be supporting wireless cards in the first place.  Nor do I have one to test and have never looked at the pfSense wireless config screens.

            But if you were to bridge another LAN port to the wireless interface and find a way to plug the Roku into that it might work.

            Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
            A comprehensive network diagram is worth 10,000 words and 15 conference calls.
            DO NOT set a source address/port in a port forward or firewall rule unless you KNOW you need it!
            Do Not Chat For Help! NO_WAN_EGRESS(TM)

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              Trel
              last edited by

              But if you were to bridge another LAN port to the wireless interface and find a way to plug the Roku into that it might work.

              The Roku is wireless, not wired.

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                kejianshi
                last edited by

                You could run 2 wireless adapters.  1 isolated and 1 not.

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                • DerelictD
                  Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
                  last edited by

                  You've kind of painted yourself into a corner.

                  Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
                  A comprehensive network diagram is worth 10,000 words and 15 conference calls.
                  DO NOT set a source address/port in a port forward or firewall rule unless you KNOW you need it!
                  Do Not Chat For Help! NO_WAN_EGRESS(TM)

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                    kejianshi
                    last edited by

                    Me, him or both…???

                    haha

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                    • DerelictD
                      Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
                      last edited by

                      Does anyone know if the "Intra-BSS Communication" setting in the AP configuration simply tells the driver to turn it off and the Wi-Fi chipset handles it or does it actually trigger any magical layer 2 processing in pfSense?

                      Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
                      A comprehensive network diagram is worth 10,000 words and 15 conference calls.
                      DO NOT set a source address/port in a port forward or firewall rule unless you KNOW you need it!
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                        lsf
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                        Its a wifi option only. It tells the driver that no client should talk to another directly on L2. To op: this functionality is not possible on L2 if you want to seperate the clients. You cant have both. This needs to be changed on a frebsd wireless level. On the top of my head it would require a mac filter list and would make client isolation prone to security issues. In other words a ugly flawed hack.

                        -lsf

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                          Trel
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                          @lsf:

                          Its a wifi option only. It tells the driver that no client should talk to another directly on L2. To op: this functionality is not possible on L2 if you want to seperate the clients. You cant have both. This needs to be changed on a frebsd wireless level. On the top of my head it would require a mac filter list and would make client isolation prone to security issues. In other words a ugly flawed hack.

                          Looks like they can't use their Roku app then.
                          I'm not going to turn it off considering any device can get on the guest wireless.

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