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      Visseroth last edited by

      I haven't tried this as of yet, but does PfSense/Netgate have the ability to act like a client on one wireless connection?

      Scenario is I have a public wifi I'd like to connect to but they have client separation enabled and I'd like my devices to be able to communicate with each other in my office.
      Having a internet provider come in is not a option unfortunately so I'd like to connect PfSense to the public wireless connection, act as a firewall (yes, I know it's double NAT, but hey, whatever) and then setup my own wireless just for me to use.

      Really, I just need to know if PfSense supports being a client on a wireless network for a WAN, I know the rest of the story.

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        viragomann @Visseroth last edited by

        @visseroth
        A WLAN client is usually an wireless device (access point, maybe in bridge mode, or a simple wifi stick). You can connect it to pfSense WAN and configure your own subnet on LAN of course.
        There is nothing special to do for pfSense.

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        • JKnott
          JKnott @Visseroth last edited by

          @visseroth said in Wireless WAN again, different scenario (maybe):

          Really, I just need to know if PfSense supports being a client on a wireless network for a WAN, I know the rest of the story.

          PfSense really doesn't care how the connection is made, so long as it gets IP. I have tethered to my cell phone and pfSense worked fine with it.

          You have to remember to keep the layers separate. WiFi is layer 2 and pfSense is layer 3. What layer 2 is, is irrelevant to pfSense.

          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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            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator last edited by stephenw10

            pfSense can be a WIFI client directly in the limited hardware it supports. Known as Infrastructure mode. But hardware support is very limited, it's almost always better to use an external device.
            If you have wifi hardware already though, try it.

            https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/wireless/configuration-wan.html

            Steve

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              Visseroth @stephenw10 last edited by

              Thanks guys, I'll give it a go, if the onboard wifi won't work I'll use a external access point in a client mode.

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