Wi-Fi Access Point (AP) connects but doesn't load Internet
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Router1 is pfSense with LAN and WIFI.
Ok this might be not the strange part here, but if you are setting up this both WiFi networks, are they in VLANs?
Are this two different SSIDs called multi-SSIDs?Router2 is supposed to be a Wi-Fi extender, but router2 won't work.
This router should be running then in the so called WLAN AP mode otherwise it makes also SPI/NAT and this is not what
you want to do!I'm not clear on what configuration to give router2, based upon router1's configuration.
Can be a good choice to have only one or two WiFi networks based on VLANs and let us say for private usage
and your own devices secured over a Radius Server and the other one is for guests and secured over the Captive Portal! -
Hello, I don't think I have any VLANs setup, unless pfSense has automatically done something.
The 2 SSIDs are different names.
The AP is set with AP mode and the following IPs:
IP 192.168.1.175
Subnet 255.255.255.0
Gateway 192.168.1.170
DNS 192.168.1.170The mobile device connects the to AP.
Mobiles IPs:
IP 192.168.1.102
Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0
Gateway 192.168.1.175
DNS 192.168.1.175The mobile does not load browser pages.
The AP can ping the router at 192.168.1.170, www.google.com and 8.8.8.8.
I'm checking firewalls, but not sure how to check the AP and pfSense router's firewall.
I'm in pfSense > Firewall > Rules > WAN > and there's about 20 rules. -
No, the devices should NOT have the AP as gateway. They should use pfSense for GW (i.e., 192.168.1.170). Ditto for DNS if you expect internal LAN resolution to work. There's nothing that'd register the other LAN hosts on the AP.
IOW, they should be configured exactly the same way as the AP. The AP is not a router, cannot act as a GW. It's just a dumb WiFi <-> Ethernet bridge.
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The mobile device connects the to AP.
Mobiles IPs:
IP 192.168.1.102
Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0
Gateway 192.168.1.175
DNS 192.168.1.175How are they getting this info.. Are you setting pfsense dhcp to hand that out as gateway and dns? Or is dhcp running on your AP? If your AP is in the 192.168.10 network.. How are they getting 192.168.1 addresses??
Seems more like your running this AP as a router/gateway..
To use any old wifi router as just an AP.. Give its lan IP an address on the network its connected too.. In your case that sounds like it would be 192.168.10.something. If you can set a gateway on the device so you can manage it from another network then the gateway would be pfsense IP in that network.
Turn OFF its dhcp server..
Connect one of its LAN ports to your network. Shazam you have a AP..
Clients connecting to its wifi would get IP from pfsense dhcp server on this network, they normally would point to pfsense as their gateway and dns.
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The mobile in DHCP doesn't allow the gateway to be change from 192.168.1.175 to 192.168.1.170.
The AP has DHCP on.
I set the AP to static IP to set the below details on the AP:
IP 192.168.1.175
Subnet 255.255.255.0
Gateway 192.168.1.170
DNS 192.168.1.170I turned off the AP's DHCP server, but now the mobile doesn't connect to the AP's Wi-Fi?
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The AP most certainly should NOT have DHCP on. Your clients should NOT point to your AP as GW. Nothing changed here since my last reply.
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Thank you for the clarification.
So the AP has:
IP static: 192.168.1.175
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 192.168.1.170
DHCP server turned off.Router:
IP static: 192.168.1.170
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 192.168.1.170
Wi-Fi: 192.168.10.1Mobile:
Wi-Fi is DHCP:
SSID 1 (the router): connects and loads browser pages.
SSID 2 (the AP): Connection attempt but doesn't connect and shows
IP: 169.254.253.87
Subnet mask: 255.255.0.0
Router: blank
DNS: 192.168.1.170. -
Uh. Did you enable DHCP on pfSense WIFI interface?
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Yes, the router has the DHCP server enabled.
The router's Wi-Fi 192.168.10.1 gives SSID 1 the following:
IP: 192.168.10.131
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
Router: 192.168.10.1
DHS: 192.168.10.1. -
I'm starting to get completely confused yet again. What router?
IP: 192.168.10.131
Router: 192.168.10.1Eeeh?
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Yes,
the router's LAN has DHCP enabled.
the router's WIFI has DHCP enabled. -
Dude that's not what I'm asking about? Why are the IPs constantly changing between your posts? And can you finally produce a network diagram because this just doesn't go anywhere? (No need to draw mobile phones and irrelevant junk, just the pfSense box, the AP and whatever is between those two.)
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The network is the same as Reply #6.
The IPs are only changing on the mobile device Wi-Fi connection's IP.
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Sir, reply #6 does NOT show your AP, which is the only relevant thing in here.
The attachment/diagram does not include the new AP device, which is to be added.
As such, it is utterly USELESS.
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Sorry, I mentioned earlier the AP is not in the network topology, as this is the question I am asking about in this forum thread.
So, the AP details are:
IP: 192.168.1.175
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 192.168.1.170
DHCP server: Disabled
SSID 2. -
So the AP is hanging in a blackhole unconnected to anything? Or what?
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The AP has 1 LAN port with an Ethernet cable connected to the Switch, which is connected to the router.
I.e. AP 192.168.1.175 > Switch > Router 192.168.1.170. -
Wonderful. Then why on earth are you setting up IPs that are TOTALLY out of the pfSense's LAN range on the AP?!
(And yeah, you are having a design problem, you won't be able to roam/extend between those. If that is desired, you need to bridge the WIFI and LAN on pfSense.)
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Sorry, I'm not clear how the AP's IP 192.168.1.175 is out of the pfSense's LAN IP 192.168.1/170's range?
Oh, so AP Wi-Fi extensions aren't done anywhere else? I'm surprised this is so hard. Surely someone else has extended their Wi-Fi with an AP?
Ok, so if bridging pfSense's WIFI and LAN, will that still allow Wi-Fi from pfSense and the AP?
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God almighty. What was 192.168.10.1 is now 192.168.1.175 yet again, just minutes later, after you edited your post yet again. Yeah, you are NOT clear and my patience is running thin.
