Need some help. Random pfSense crashes.
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Interesting. The Realtek Card provides internet to one of the renters here. The USB Ethernet is my LAN Port, which I only use for admin access. It would take me a while to reconfigure my VLANs to use LAN and switch LAN to be the Internal NIC.
Still, none of the other Renters are awake yet, so I suppose I could use the console. I'd just have to shutdown the system and connect to my TV temporarily.
Ok. I'm on it. Thank you so much Steven!
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USB Ethernet using the axe(4) driver is relatively reliable. But that's not saying much for USB Ethernet!
I would at least remove or disable the USB wifi card though. That's where the crash is happening, it is not stable.Steve
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Well, it’s been up for a few hours now. No hiccoughs yet.
I was trying to use an Alfa brand WiFi card with the notorious RTL-8821AU. I knew this device has numerous issues in Monitor mode under Linux, but I’ve never tried using it as an AP there. I was looking for a working WiFi card for the one renter, and was pleasantly surprised to find that particular card “working”. None of my others did, and that one has 2x 6 dbi antennas. Little did I know…
That said, I managed to connect an old Apple Airport Express that I had laying around, in place of the Alfa Card. That particular renter has only 1 device: An Xbox One, which is capable of connecting at 5GHz, so I always connect a 5 GHz only signal. 2.4 GHz airwaves are crowded enough.
On the one hand, I used up the last spot on my managed router. On the other hand, 3 of the ports are connected to PoE cameras with separate injectors. I can definitely streamline that with a PoE switch later on. Free up 2 ports on my main switch, and eliminate 2 blocky wall-plugs. Win-win!
Thanks again StevenW10!
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@aaronouthier said in Need some help. Random pfSense crashes.:
I was trying to use an Alfa brand WiFi card with the notorious RTL-8821AU. I knew this device has numerous issues in Monitor mode under Linux, but I’ve never tried using it as an AP there. I was looking for a working WiFi card for the one renter, and was pleasantly surprised to find that particular card “working”. None of my others did, and that one has 2x 6 dbi antennas. Little did I know…
I would steer clear of WiFi in BSD.
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Duely-noted.
