Use Asus RT-AC86U as WAP
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Hi. I am new to pfsense, and just got an 1100. I've got it all installed and working, and now want to setup WiFi. I am in a small apartment, so the Asus RT-AC86U has worked well in the past.
Is there a way to use it just as a WAP for pfsense? It has Asus's "AiMesh" agility and is currently using the Merlin firmware.
Thanks!!
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If you're running an aftermarket firmware then, yes, almost certainly. It may well have an AP mode you can use.
But even if it doesn't you can almost always just connect to the LAN side ports which are bridged to the wifi interface(s).
Steve
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Did you end up getting it to work? Sorry to reply to an old thread. But I also have an ASUS (GT-AX11000) running MerlinWRT and haven't been able to get it to work in AP mode. How did you navigate back to the ASUS WebGUI after you put it in AP mode and connected to the Netgate PfSense?
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@elspoon Yes!
I now have my RT-AC86U running in AP mode, and just have an Ethernet cable running right into its WAN port.
In pfsense DHCP settings (https://192.168.50.1/status_dhcp_leases.php) it shows up as 192.168.50.4 (I have it statically mapped) and so going to http://192.168.50.4 gets me to the web interface for the Asus.
Hope this answers your questions!
