Building router. Can it support ac wireless?
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I'm currently building (parts on order) a mini itx pc (m350 case) using a Supermicro J1900 celeron board. It has room for a little wireless pci card. I have not ordered one because I am unsure of the capability of PFSense as a wireless router. I saw a YouTube video where one was configured, but it was older technology. I saw the spreadsheet, but don't know how current it is.
Can it support an Intel or other ac class wireless mini pci card (with supplemental wire antennas) so I can turn it into a wireless ac router and not need to use my current wireless router as an access point? If so, will it work very well?
Or is there a USB 3.0 ac adapter it can support? If so, is it worth it?
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Yes, it's possible but you'll need to do some research to see if your card is supported some have been hit and miss.
As has been noted many times before, a better solution is to simply keep your wireless access point on the LAN but deactivate it's DHCP so pfSense manages all the IP addresses.
You can put the AP anywhere it's convenient so it can handle wireless connections well and pfSense can handle traffic well.
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There are no 802.11ac devices working with FreeBSD at the moment. It just recently got working 802.11n support.
If you need 802.11ac, stick with an external access point.
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There are no 802.11ac devices working with FreeBSD at the moment. It just recently got working 802.11n support.
If you need 802.11ac, stick with an external access point.
Thanks, much. I'll stay traditional.
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I added a UniFi UAP AC access point to my setup. It supports b, g, n, and ac.
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Excellent hardware choice IMHO.
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for newer wifi cards, you need to basically run pfsense in a hyper-v vm on server 2012 r2. use windows server to install the nic drivers and share to connection to the wifi card to make it an AP
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…run pfsense in a hyper-v vm on server 2012 r2...
on a J1900 Celeron CPU?
I want the same you had for breakfast.
