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    Pfsense box as an access point?

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    • M
      Majin Zero
      last edited by

      Ok, I know enough to be dangerous, but not enough to do this on my own.

      I have a wifi card in my pfsense box as opt1, I renamed it to wifi, and bridged it to my LAN.

      What more do I have to do to make a wireless computer pick up a connection to the internet from my pfsense box?

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      • M
        Majin Zero
        last edited by

        I seem to have found a snag in my grand plan.

        I was looking over a few other threads, and saw a pic of the opt interface menu, which showed "wireless configuration"

        If I don't see that on my opt ports, that means pfsense doesn't recognize my wifi card as a wireless device, is that correct?

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        • GruensFroeschliG
          GruensFroeschli
          last edited by

          If it is not recognised it shouldnt even show up as an OPTx
          Are you sure you did assign the card as a OPT? (Interfaces –> assign)

          We do what we must, because we can.

          Asking questions the smart way: http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

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            Majin Zero
            last edited by

            yep, now I'm feeling silly, forgot about one interface, the on board one, so, yes, the wifi card isn't even recognized.

            I guess I should pick up one of these atheros cards I've seen mentioned around here.

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