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    Wireless: Getting the MAC to the Right Interface & DHCP Server

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    • stephenw10S
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
      last edited by

      Also is it connected to the OPT port on the 1100? Is that the interface you have assigned as WLS1?

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      • QuasaurQ
        Quasaur @JKnott
        last edited by Quasaur

        @jknott Not using the Internet / WAN port of the Linsys, but Purt 1.
        net Linksys is on the LAN port of the 1100. the OPT1 of the 1100 has a Netgear switch.

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by

          So how is WLS1 configured on the 1100? How is the Linksys using that?

          Steve

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          • QuasaurQ
            Quasaur @stephenw10
            last edited by

            @stephenw10 The Linksys provides the wireless access point, the ip addresses are assigned by the 1100.

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by

              Right but if WLS1 is configured as a new inteface in the 1100, with the new subnet, and it's not the OPT1 port what is it?

              A VLAN? Are you trunking that? Is the Linksys configured for it?

              Steve

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              • QuasaurQ
                Quasaur @stephenw10
                last edited by Quasaur

                @stephenw10 I'm going to say yes to the VLAN trunking...there are only 3 physical interfaces on the 1100, as you well know...i'm trying to separate my wireless traffic into:
                2 Televisions and an XBox - x.x.20.0
                Laptops & Desktops - x.x.30.0
                iPads and iPhones - x.x.40.0

                My only working wireless router (Linksys E7350) is fed into the LAN port of the 1100.

                Right now the DHCP Server on the 1100's LAN port is giving everything coming from the Linksys an ip address in the x.x.10.0 subnet.

                The linksys doesn't handle VLANs the same way the 1100 does, so i have not enabled it on the Linksys.

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                • stephenw10S
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                  Ok, I think we are going to need to see some screen shots of how that is configured in the 1100.

                  However if you're trunking those VLANs out of the LAN port to the Linksys it will need to handle them to usefully use them on different SSIDs etc. Otherwise it will either drop that traffic (likely) or pass them tagged.

                  I'm not sure what you're trying to do here is possible with the hardware you have unless I'm missing something.

                  Steve

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                  • QuasaurQ
                    Quasaur @stephenw10
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                    @stephenw10 If creating a virtual interface/VLAN isn't possible, can i create an "additional pool" on the LAN interface's DHCP server in a different subnet (x.x.20.x)?

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                      You can create additional pools but not in a different subnet. The DHCP server can only hand out addresses from the subnet it's running on.

                      Really what you want there is an access point that can handle multiple SSIDs and use a separate VLAN for each one. Then you can trunk that to the 1100 and filter traffic between each as though they were separate physical interfaces.

                      Or you could use multiple access points and a managed switch to break out the VLANs to separate ports.

                      I'm sure the Linksys is physically capable of doing it but they don't expose that functionality to the user so it's unlikely you can use that. At least until OpenWRT has a port for it.

                      Steve

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                      • QuasaurQ
                        Quasaur @stephenw10
                        last edited by

                        @stephenw10 I think i understand...i need a more sophisticated WAP that will recognize the VLANs on the 1100
                        OR
                        use multiple access points on the Netgear GS108Ev3.
                        Can the additional pools be aliased and therefore separated in the firewall rules?

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                        • stephenw10S
                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                          last edited by

                          Yes you could use pools in one subnet and filter them differently using aliases but you can't filter traffic between the clients on one subnet that way. Traffic would just go between them directly without passing through pfSense. Only one interface.
                          Really you need to use VLANs in there to separate the traffic at layer 2.

                          Steve

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