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    Moving from DD WRT router to Pfsense as router and wrt as AP

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    • N
      Nomed
      last edited by

      DHCP is disabled in wrt router. i set it as wiki sudgested

      Firewall rulles are copied from lan to opt1 interface as from this tutorial : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4cJErBK-0Q

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      • KOMK
        KOM
        last edited by

        Don't tell us what you think you have done, show us. Post screens of your LAN config & rules.

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        • N
          Nomed
          last edited by

          in few min

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          • GertjanG
            Gertjan @Nomed
            last edited by

            @Nomed said in Moving from DD WRT router to Pfsense as router and wrt as AP:

            Really i wanted to have all lan+wifi to exist in same lan.

            That's what I'm doing for the last decade, or so : using a bunch of WRT54GS / E1200 / etc with the dd-wrt firmware.

            The initially 'router' device using the dd-firmware should be set up as an "AP" - I'll copy some screen hots.
            Info my second LAN (called PORTAL) hosts me 4 AP's :
            pfSense : 192.168.2.1 / 24 - DHCP server and DNS Resolver active on this LAN.
            AP-1 : IP static 192.168.2.2 - gateway 192.168.2.1 - DNS 192.168.2.1 - DNS and DHCP server shut down.
            AP-2 : IP static 192.168.2.3 - gateway 192.168.2.1 - DNS 192.168.2.1 - DNS and DHCP server shut down.
            AP-3: IP static 192.168.2.4 - gateway 192.168.2.1 - DNS 192.168.2.1 - DNS and DHCP server shut down.
            etc ...

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            You can leave other pages to their default values, or do what you want step by step and step back when you break things (== stops working).

            The AP mode is just a "transform radio signals to elctrical wired "signals" device. No firewall rules, neither NAT, nothing needs to be activated on the AP.
            How to transform a device using a dd-wrt based firmware ? : see the dd-wrt forum/sites/FAQ/Manuals

            No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
            Edit : and where are the logs ??

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              Nomed
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              • GertjanG
                Gertjan
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                Forum Rule Number One : Read back what you posted ^^

                No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
                Edit : and where are the logs ??

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                • KOMK
                  KOM
                  last edited by

                  No idea what you are doing but you can upload images directly to this forum using the Picture function in the toolbar. All we need is your LAN config and LAN firewall rules. That should be two images.

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                  • GertjanG
                    Gertjan @KOM
                    last edited by

                    @KOM said in Moving from DD WRT router to Pfsense as router and wrt as AP:

                    and LAN firewall rules

                    Typically, to start with :

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                    Afterwards, you can be more strict.

                    No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
                    Edit : and where are the logs ??

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                    • N
                      Nomed @KOM
                      last edited by

                      @KOM
                      Appologize.

                      I think i can spot the issue.

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                      • KOMK
                        KOM
                        last edited by

                        If you want your wifi on the same network as LAN, you need to:

                        • disable DHCP on the wifi router
                        • disable the WAN port on the wifi router
                        • connect wifi router LAN port (any one will do) to LAN switch

                        Wifi router will act as a transparent bridge to LAN. Wifi clients will get IPs from pfSense DHCP.

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                          Nomed
                          last edited by

                          I left the gateway and local dns empty at wrt. after correction, internet is working.

                          That was the only missing spot.

                          I feel so empty....

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                          • JKnottJ
                            JKnott @Nomed
                            last edited by

                            @Nomed said in Moving from DD WRT router to Pfsense as router and wrt as AP:

                            Really i wanted to have all lan+wifi to exist in same lan.

                            Connect the router as an access point, that is connect the LAN side of it to your LAN. You can also turn off the DHCP server, though that's not necessary, if it's configured for your LAN addresses.

                            PfSense running on Qotom mini PC
                            i5 CPU, 4 GB memory, 32 GB SSD & 4 Intel Gb Ethernet ports.
                            UniFi AC-Lite access point

                            I haven't lost my mind. It's around here...somewhere...

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                            • provelsP
                              provels @Nomed
                              last edited by

                              @Nomed Try to plug a LAN port on your router into one of your switches and see if you get Internet. You could drop the OPT1 entirely.

                              Peder

                              MAIN - pfSense+ 24.11-RELEASE - Adlink MXE-5401, i7, 16 GB RAM, 64 GB SSD. 500 GB HDD for SyslogNG
                              BACKUP - pfSense+ 23.01-RELEASE - Hyper-V Virtual Machine, Gen 1, 2 v-CPUs, 3 GB RAM, 8GB VHDX (Dynamic)

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                              • N
                                Nomed @provels
                                last edited by

                                @provels

                                I will do this now

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                                • N
                                  Nomed
                                  last edited by

                                  Working

                                  Thank you soo much.

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