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      hammerman
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      i tried to set it up the way you mentioned.

      everything seemed to be working by looking at the dashboard.

      except in the wireless logs it says:

      hostapd: ath0_wlan0: WPA rekeying GTK
      i tried changing the key rotation and regeneration to 3600 and 7200.

      also the ssid isn't being broadcast.

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        dotdash
        last edited by

        @hammerman:

        except in the wireless logs it says:

        hostapd: ath0_wlan0: WPA rekeying GTK

        That's just a message, it doesn't mean anything is wrong.

        @hammerman:

        also the ssid isn't being broadcast.

        SSID shouldn't be hidden unless you check 'enable hide SSID'

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          hammerman
          last edited by

          thanks,
          it was a loose antenna wire.

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            hammerman
            last edited by

            after finally being able to get back to the machine, i find that i can join the wireless network and receive an ip address.

            i have no internet access though.
            i created a firewall rule for the wifi interface as:

            Action = Pass, Interface = WiFi,  TCP/IP version = IPv4, Protocol = any, Source = any, Destination = any

            i am also getting  IEEE 802.11: disassociated and IEEE 802.1X: unauthorizing port  alerts in the wireless logs.

            any ideas?

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              Guest
              last edited by

              should be: wifi net

              check your lan rules for example

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                hammerman
                last edited by

                thanks for the tip.

                i checked my lan rules.

                1. has source: lan_net, dest. any and gateway wan dhcp.

                2. has source: lan_net, dest. any any.

                when i assigned the wifi interface, should i did it from interfaces -> assign?
                i noticed that when i did this, there was no wifi-lan and wifi-wan interfaces like there is with lan and wan.
                also on interfaces, there is a wireless tab. should i have added it there instead?

                i don't which method allows me to set up a corresponding wifi gateway for the firewall rules.

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                  dotdash
                  last edited by

                  @hammerman:

                  1. has source: lan_net, dest. any and gateway wan dhcp.

                  Unless you have multiple WAN connections, there is no need to set the gateway, and it will prevent LAN from talking to Wireless.

                  @hammerman:

                  when i assigned the wifi interface, should i did it from interfaces -> assign?
                  i noticed that when i did this, there was no wifi-lan and wifi-wan interfaces like there is with lan and wan.
                  also on interfaces, there is a wireless tab. should i have added it there instead?

                  The wireless tab is used for creating cloned wireless interfaces, like if you wanted to have two SSIDs with different rules, e.g. a guest wireless that was blocked from LAN, and a regular wireless that could access LAN.

                  @hammerman:

                  i don't which method allows me to set up a corresponding wifi gateway for the firewall rules.

                  You don't need a wifi gateway. You don't need to set a gateway on your rules.

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                    hammerman
                    last edited by

                    thanks for the advice,

                    i copied the default allow lan to any rule for ipv4 and replaced "lan" with "wifi" and source "lan net" with "wifi net." destination is "any" and no gateway.

                    for the next rule, i did the same thing but this time i used the protocol tcp/udp,  same source of "wifi net" and again destination as "any" and no gateway.

                    i still have no internet access though.

                    am i missing another rule?

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                      doktornotor Banned
                      last edited by

                      1/ Post screenshots.
                      2/ What's exactly "still have no internet access"?

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                        hammerman
                        last edited by

                        no internet access means after connecting to pfsense wifi and obtaining an ip address i am unable to browse web pages.
                        i am able to ping the router though.

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                          doktornotor Banned
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                          Uh… Have you considered disabling the VPN mess out have there?!

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                            hammerman
                            last edited by

                            i can't change the vpn. i need 2 different openvpn connections.

                            would openvpn have an effect on the wifi part?

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                              doktornotor Banned
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                              Dude we have no idea what are you doing there and where's the traffic going. And you apparently have not 2 but 4 VPN interfaces, two for LAN (?!?!) as well?

                              Good luck.

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                                hammerman
                                last edited by

                                vpn is set exactly as it should be.
                                works 100% directly followed from airvpn.

                                i'm concerned about the wifi.
                                are the rules correct, or if not, what should i do to allow my to browse the web?

                                thanks

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