Fit-PC2i
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The wireless device in the box is clearly unsupported by pfSense 1.2.3. However it looks very like a device newly supported in pfSense 2.0 BETA by the run driver which supports Access Point mode. The wireless device you have apparently uses the USB electrical interface on the mini PCIe connector and reports itself similarly to a USB stick I have that is recognised by the run driver in pfSense 2.0.
On my pfSense 2.0 system the reported USB devices are:
# usbconfig ugen0.1: <uhci root="" hub="" via="">at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=ON ugen1.1: <uhci root="" hub="" via="">at usbus1, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=ON ugen2.1: <uhci root="" hub="" via="">at usbus2, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=ON ugen3.1: <ehci root="" hub="" via="">at usbus3, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON ugen3.2: <802.11 n WLAN Ralink> at usbus3, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON</ehci></uhci></uhci></uhci> ```and the system startup reports that WLAN device in this fashion:
ugen3.2: <ralink>at usbus3
run0: <1.0> on usbus3
run0: MAC/BBP RT3070 (rev 0x0201), RF RT3020 (MIMO 1T1R), address c8:3a:35:c4:ee:f3
run0: firmware RT2870 loaded</ralink>It looks to me as you could probably put pfSense 2.0 on that box and be able to use it as a Wireless Access Point pretty soon after. (One problem you will probably encounter is that it is necessary to do a tweak to get the firmware loaded: search the pfSense 2.0 forum for the string "runfw" for the details.) Because pfSense 2.0 is not yet ready for production use it can be (and has been) unstable. You might not yet be ready to play with it. If I recall correctly, I've seen mini PCIe WLAN cards that should be supported in pfSense 1.2.3 and are capable of operating in Access Point mode available for purchase on eBay for reasonable prices. more details of the WLAN device are:
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Very interesting. I have a spare pc2i here that I've been testing 2.0 beta on. I'll try runfw tomorrow and see what happens. I'll report back if I find anything out. THanks for your help!
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Yep, that worked. Recognized the wireless card and I was able to set it up as an access point. 2.0 is still pretty buggy, so I'll stick with 1.2.3 until 2.0 release.
Thanks for all your help!
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Just some other question about the fitPC2i, which I own, all is running fine except rebooting the machine
I tried with and without ACPI tried the sysctl acpi reboot options, however when I request the machine hangs and I need to remove the power, since the keyboard ain't working as well.
Running the latest pfSense 2.0 BETA4
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I have exactly the same problem as you Inferno.
I have updated to the latest snapshot (pfSense-Full-Update-2.0-beta5-i386-1430.tgz 12-Jan-2011 18:42) and the problem persists with that you can not restart it. I need to remove the power.Have you found any solution yet?
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I didn't found a fix yet
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I've tested the new snapshot 2.0-BETA5 (i386) built on Sun Jan 16 22:00:36 EST 2011 with no luck.
Setting "sysctl -w hw.acpi.handle_reboot=1" makes no difference.
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Hi All,
this is my first post here. I jut got a fitpc2i with the included 8G SSD and loaded 2.0rc1 embedded version on it. The install went very well. The only difficulty is that the SSD cannot be easily removed so getting it loaded was interesting. I wound up creating a puppy linux version on a USB stick, booting off that, going online and getting the embedded file and copying that to the SSD. Having done searching here I knew I was going to need to use the serial port for the initial setup, that went very well, it took about 1 minute and I was up and running over the web interface. I had everything setup in about 2 minutes after that.This has been the quickest, easiest install I have ever done! Hats off to the development team, I was really impressed.
So far everything is working great, I'm typing this message with my laptop hooked up to the LAN port so it does work! I haven't had time to do any stress testing yet, but so far the results are encouraging. Its handing out DHCP leases about 20 times faster that my previous router which is really greatly appreciated.
Oh and BTW the reboot issue seems to have been fixed. I've had no problem whatsoever rebooting from several different programs. I'm not sure if this is a firmware or hardware upgrade.
Next week my Cisco switch comes in at which point I'm going to get heavily intoVLANs etc. If today is any indication I'm going to have everything up and doing exactly what I want in a much shorter time than I had allocated.
So far I'm very pleased with the combination.
John S.