Basic questions
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Hi, I have had a look around for answers to these questions, but I'd appreciate some affirmation if I may. I have a SG-4860.
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If I buy an internal wireless card, does that enable the SG-4860 to be a wireless AP?
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I've configured LAN as 192.168.1.x, OPT1 as 192.168.2.x, OPT2 as 192.168.3.x and OPT3 as 192.168.4.x, OPT4 is closed …. all the networks seem to be working fine and I don't need to bridge them .. except
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Can I run a single subnet on OPT1 and OPT2? i.e. make them both 192.168.2.x … if so, how, what would the config look like?
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I've got a business-class AP (Netgear WNDAP660) running on OPT3 - if I install a wireless card, and assuming it can be an AP, could I twin the SG-4860 wireless with the AP? …. if so, how?
Thank you in advance.
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Hi, I have had a look around for answers to these questions, but I'd appreciate some affirmation if I may. I have a SG-4860.
- If I buy an internal wireless card, does that enable the SG-4860 to be a wireless AP?
if you're interested, there is an answer here:https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Should_I_use_pfSense_as_my_access_point and here: https://portal.pfsense.org/docs/book/wireless/wireless-hardware.html - I didn't notice the commentary on wireless AP mode in the pfSense book first time I read it. Interestingly, the advice is to use an external AP, rather than an internal card thus leaving the firewall to do what it is designed to do and the AP to do what it does best. Which seems to contradict the idea of designing a box that has the internal network cards in the first place. But at least the guidance is there.
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I've configured LAN as 192.168.1.x, OPT1 as 192.168.2.x, OPT2 as 192.168.3.x and OPT3 as 192.168.4.x, OPT4 is closed …. all the networks seem to be working fine and I don't need to bridge them .. except
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Can I run a single subnet on OPT1 and OPT2? i.e. make them both 192.168.2.x … if so, how, what would the config look like?
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I've got a business-class AP (Netgear WNDAP660) running on OPT3 - if I install a wireless card, and assuming it can be an AP, could I twin the SG-4860 wireless with the AP? …. if so, how? … P.S. i'd still like to know the answer, if anyone knows
Thank you in advance.
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If you buy a supported card that can be an AP and is supported by pfsense then sure you could do that. Why would be the question. Pfsense no longer offers wifi cards as option when you purchase from pfsense. I personally think that is a good direction, some wifi card in your router does not make for good AP.. Coverage and location for starters - it would be rare that your router is in best location for AP.. They normally are not mounted in the ceiling for starters ;)
As to twinning - you mean run the same ssid, sure you could do that.
Why exactly do you want to bridge your interfaces?? If you need more ports on a specific network use a switch. A router interface is not a switch port trying to use it as such not going to provide you anywhere near the performance and just complicates the setup for why? Because your too cheap to buy a switch?? Any $40 for a 8 port gig - can even get vlan support at that price would be better than trying to use a nic as a switch port.
