WiFi AP question
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Hi guys,
I want to have 802.11n around the house. However, I understand there's no decent/reliable support. I was thinking of using a Gbit NIC and a separate access point. What do you think? Does it make any sense? Has anyone tried this?
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Sure, that is what I am doing. Take a wireless router, disable the WAN, disable the DHCP server, give its LAN an IP in the pfsense LAN (static that is), plug into the network. Done.
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Wow, quick reply :D Thanks for the info - that's what I'm going to do. I've got 2 HP NC7170 in my pfSense box, so I can spare one port for WiFi.
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I'm trying to get the same thing done. Is anyone here aware of any websites that has a detailed post on this?
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not complicated at all. i described the process in my previous post.
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What danswartz is describing that the OP does is what used to be the method that everybody did for wifi, but now more cards are supported so as long as you get one that is on the list you should be fine. The only caveat that I see with this method (I use both methods myself) is that you can not prevent one from accessing the AP's management ports (unless the AP/Router allows you to do this.) Though this may not be an issue for some people.
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Why not? Get creative with subnets and static routing. If the Wifi is another IF in pfsense AND you set the wireless AP NOT to be in the subnet as that interface I don't see why you can't access the management ONLY from LAN and not from wifi.
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Sure, that is what I am doing. Take a wireless router, disable the WAN, disable the DHCP server, give its LAN an IP in the pfsense LAN (static that is), plug into the network. Done.
I am assuming that you are plugging the pfsense box into of the LAN ports on the AP. When I connect wireless to the AP, will pfsense still serve up a IP address for my wireless clients?
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correct. most AP bridge the wired and wireless interfaces, so a wireless client associating and doing a DHCP request will be seen by the DHCP server on the LAN of the pfsense.
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Actually, what I am trying to do is use my ClearSPOT 4G device for my WAN connection, and then connect my WRT160nl as the LAN, using the access point to provide wired as well as wireless connectivity. Thus far, I have been unsuccessful in getting pfsense to associate with the CLEARSpot, so currently am not using the 160 for wireless connection. Also, should I plug the pfsense box in the WAN port on the the 160 or into one of the LAN ports?
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I am confused, I guess. The original thread referred to using a wireless router as an AP, with pfsense still as the gateway. If you are trying to do something else, you should start your own thread, not hijack one describing a totally different scenario ;(
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I am confused, I guess. The original thread referred to using a wireless router as an AP, with pfsense still as the gateway. If you are trying to do something else, you should start your own thread, not hijack one describing a totally different scenario ;(
You were just confused! The question that I asked was germane to topic… Specifically, using the wireless AP to provide LAN access to pfsense, and further to ascertain whether pfsense would provide the IP addresses to both the wired and wireless clients. Everything is was just an overview of what I was trying to do, and why I had not tried to achieve the goal beforehand.