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      rdugaue @no_one
      last edited by rdugaue

      @no_one I gave up, the ones people say work, don't. Probably because the SG-1000 is different CPU then your normal freebsd box. What I did instead is get a USB to Ethernet plug and an external router. Not optimal and I can't do this at 10 locations, so we're looking at other routers... The USB to Ethernet plug seems more supported and worked straight away.

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        ebedtang
        last edited by ebedtang

        I have this WiFi card, could be supported on pfsense?

        07:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection (rev 02)

        I forgot to mention that it's from lspci command in centOS 8.

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by

          It should be supported by the wpi driver.

          Note the hostap mode is a bit odd on that card/driver if you wanted to use it as an access point.

          Steve

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            ebedtang @stephenw10
            last edited by

            @stephenw10 So we can't reverse it. And i still have to use kvm or proxmox.

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by

              Reverse it? Not sure what you mean. You should start a new thread and detail what it is you're trying to do.

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                ebedtang @stephenw10
                last edited by

                @stephenw10 I mean put my lan as wan and wifi as AP. I already test it that way, this WiFi can not work in AP mode.

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                • stephenw10S
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                  last edited by

                  It doesn't surprise me that cannot work as an AP given it only support some quasi hostap mode. Nothing we can do about that.

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                    ebedtang @stephenw10
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                    @stephenw10 It looks like i have to buy a new WiFi card. Do you have recommendations what chipset can work along with pfsense on kvm.

                    Last night i retested my WiFi card using various mode on kvm networking, nothing works. While my pfsense on virtualbox works like a charms.

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                      JKnott @ebedtang
                      last edited by

                      @ebedtang

                      Why not just buy a proper access point? That way you won't have to worry about finding a card that works with pfSense and you can put it in the best location. Also, many support PoE, so you don't have to worry about having AC handy,

                      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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                      • stephenw10S
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                        last edited by

                        Older Atheros cards work best in pfSense. I've never tried, or even considered, using one passed through to a VM though.

                        A real access point will work much better, yeah.

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                          rdugaue
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                          Anyone trying to get a stable wifi with from a internal card, do yourself a favor, like others have said, don't bother. It's a total waste of time and frustration. We went with external APs and all our stability issues and complaints have completely gone away. We ended up going with the Ubiquiti UniFi AC LR APs. It requires another VM/controller (For Captive Portal to work), but with that you can centrally manage all the APs and roaming with multiple APs works great. If it's only a single location that can be covered by one AP get a 2nd router with wifi capabilities (ASUS works well), disable dhcp and lan-to-lan it to the pfSense router.

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                          • aponomarenkoA
                            aponomarenko
                            last edited by

                            List of tested wireless cards in the BSD hardware database. The list includes both working and non-working cards, see particular probes and support statuses.

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                              DGCasino Banned
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                                link22 Banned @ebedtang
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                                • burlinwaB
                                  burlinwa
                                  last edited by stephenw10

                                  Note- Linksys WUSB6300 USB WIFI Adapter installs Plug&Play
                                  I was hoping since you are making this list, although this is an old thread that the Pfsense hardware list might add wireless devices that work by last apparent date of make and model.
                                  Searching "Chiptsets" is much more difficult of a task then verified user reporting of working product specifics.

                                  hostb0@pci0:0:0:0:	class=0x060000 card=0x20158086 chip=0x59048086 rev=0x08 hdr=0x00
                                      vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
                                      device     = 'Xeon E3-1200 v6/7th Gen Core Processor Host Bridge/DRAM Registers'
                                      class      = bridge
                                      subclass   = HOST-PCI
                                  vgapci0@pci0:0:2:0:	class=0x030000 card=0x22128086 chip=0x59068086 rev=0x07 hdr=0x00
                                      vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
                                      class      = display
                                      subclass   = VGA
                                  none0@pci0:0:8:0:	class=0x088000 card=0x20158086 chip=0x19118086 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
                                      vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
                                      device     = 'Xeon E3-1200 v5/v6 / E3-1500 v5 / 6th/7th/8th Gen Core Processor Gaussian Mixture Model'
                                      class      = base peripheral
                                  xhci0@pci0:0:20:0:	class=0x0c0330 card=0x72708086 chip=0x9d2f8086 rev=0x21 hdr=0x00
                                      vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
                                      device     = 'Sunrise Point-LP USB 3.0 xHCI Controller'
                                      class      = serial bus
                                      subclass   = USB
                                  none1@pci0:0:20:2:	class=0x118000 card=0x72708086 chip=0x9d318086 rev=0x21 hdr=0x00
                                      vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
                                      device     = 'Sunrise Point-LP Thermal subsystem'
                                      class      = dasp
                                  none2@pci0:0:22:0:	class=0x078000 card=0x19998086 chip=0x9d3a8086 rev=0x21 hdr=0x00
                                      vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
                                      device     = 'Sunrise Point-LP CSME HECI'
                                      class      = simple comms
                                  ahci0@pci0:0:23:0:	class=0x010601 card=0x72708086 chip=0x9d038086 rev=0x21 hdr=0x00
                                      vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
                                      device     = 'Sunrise Point-LP SATA Controller [AHCI mode]'
                                      class      = mass storage
                                      subclass   = SATA
                                  pcib1@pci0:0:28:0:	class=0x060400 card=0x72708086 chip=0x9d128086 rev=0xf1 hdr=0x01
                                      vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
                                      device     = 'Sunrise Point-LP PCI Express Root Port'
                                      class      = bridge
                                      subclass   = PCI-PCI
                                  pcib2@pci0:0:28:3:	class=0x060400 card=0x72708086 chip=0x9d138086 rev=0xf1 hdr=0x01
                                      vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
                                      device     = 'Sunrise Point-LP PCI Express Root Port'
                                      class      = bridge
                                      subclass   = PCI-PCI
                                  pcib3@pci0:0:28:4:	class=0x060400 card=0x72708086 chip=0x9d148086 rev=0xf1 hdr=0x01
                                      vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
                                      device     = 'Sunrise Point-LP PCI Express Root Port'
                                      class      = bridge
                                      subclass   = PCI-PCI
                                  pcib4@pci0:0:28:5:	class=0x060400 card=0x72708086 chip=0x9d158086 rev=0xf1 hdr=0x01
                                      vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
                                      device     = 'Sunrise Point-LP PCI Express Root Port'
                                      class      = bridge
                                      subclass   = PCI-PCI
                                  pcib5@pci0:0:29:0:	class=0x060400 card=0x72708086 chip=0x9d188086 rev=0xf1 hdr=0x01
                                      vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
                                      device     = 'Sunrise Point-LP PCI Express Root Port'
                                      class      = bridge
                                      subclass   = PCI-PCI
                                  pcib6@pci0:0:29:1:	class=0x060400 card=0x72708086 chip=0x9d198086 rev=0xf1 hdr=0x01
                                      vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
                                      device     = 'Sunrise Point-LP PCI Express Root Port'
                                      class      = bridge
                                      subclass   = PCI-PCI
                                  isab0@pci0:0:31:0:	class=0x060100 card=0x72708086 chip=0x9d4e8086 rev=0x21 hdr=0x00
                                      vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
                                      device     = 'Sunrise Point LPC Controller/eSPI Controller'
                                      class      = bridge
                                      subclass   = PCI-ISA
                                  none3@pci0:0:31:2:	class=0x058000 card=0x72708086 chip=0x9d218086 rev=0x21 hdr=0x00
                                      vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
                                      device     = 'Sunrise Point-LP PMC'
                                      class      = memory
                                  hdac0@pci0:0:31:3:	class=0x040300 card=0x72708086 chip=0x9d718086 rev=0x21 hdr=0x00
                                      vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
                                      device     = 'Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio'
                                      class      = multimedia
                                      subclass   = HDA
                                  none4@pci0:0:31:4:	class=0x0c0500 card=0x72708086 chip=0x9d238086 rev=0x21 hdr=0x00
                                      vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
                                      device     = 'Sunrise Point-LP SMBus'
                                      class      = serial bus
                                      subclass   = SMBus
                                  igb0@pci0:1:0:0:	class=0x020000 card=0x00008086 chip=0x15398086 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00
                                      vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
                                      device     = 'I211 Gigabit Network Connection'
                                      class      = network
                                      subclass   = ethernet
                                  igb1@pci0:2:0:0:	class=0x020000 card=0x00008086 chip=0x15398086 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00
                                      vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
                                      device     = 'I211 Gigabit Network Connection'
                                      class      = network
                                      subclass   = ethernet
                                  igb2@pci0:3:0:0:	class=0x020000 card=0x00008086 chip=0x15398086 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00
                                      vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
                                      device     = 'I211 Gigabit Network Connection'
                                      class      = network
                                      subclass   = ethernet
                                  igb3@pci0:4:0:0:	class=0x020000 card=0x00008086 chip=0x15398086 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00
                                      vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
                                      device     = 'I211 Gigabit Network Connection'
                                      class      = network
                                      subclass   = ethernet
                                  igb4@pci0:5:0:0:	class=0x020000 card=0x00008086 chip=0x15398086 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00
                                      vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
                                      device     = 'I211 Gigabit Network Connection'
                                      class      = network
                                      subclass   = ethernet
                                  igb5@pci0:6:0:0:	class=0x020000 card=0x00008086 chip=0x15398086 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00
                                      vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
                                      device     = 'I211 Gigabit Network Connection'
                                      class      = network
                                      subclass   = ethernet
                                  
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                                  • stephenw10S
                                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                    last edited by stephenw10

                                    A USB device like that will not be shown by pciconf. Try using:

                                    usbconfig dump_device_desc
                                    

                                    Steve

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                                    • burlinwaB
                                      burlinwa @stephenw10
                                      last edited by

                                      @stephenw10 The akisimit is blocking posting results. I did try to give feedback.

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                                      • stephenw10S
                                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                        last edited by

                                        I upvoted your posts to give you a higher rep value. Try again.

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                                        • burlinwaB
                                          burlinwa @stephenw10
                                          last edited by

                                          @stephenw10 I tried, same error.

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                                          • stephenw10S
                                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                            last edited by

                                            Try again now, your rep is >5. Or just post it to pastebin or a similar site and link to it.

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