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    PfSense as a wireless client, not AP?

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    • valnar
      valnar last edited by

      Can I use a pfSense box (ALIX + Wireless, for instance) where the "WAN" connection is the wireless NIC connecting to another AP? So the ALIX becomes a client, but I still want full routing, firewall and NAT through the ALIX as a firewall.
      ALIX LAN = private LAN
      ALIX Wireless = Public WAN

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      • B
        Bai Shen last edited by

        Yes, AFAIK.  It was mentioned in the phone tethering threads for people do this instead of trying to plug in via USB.

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        • GruensFroeschli
          GruensFroeschli last edited by

          Yes this is possible.
          If you're using one of the supported WLAN cards you can even run the card as client for the WAN and at the same time as AP for local clients.

          We do what we must, because we can.

          Asking questions the smart way: http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

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          • valnar
            valnar last edited by

            @GruensFroeschli:

            Yes this is possible.
            If you're using one of the supported WLAN cards you can even run the card as client for the WAN and at the same time as AP for local clients.

            Nice…

            Where is a good place to buy a kit already made up with the appropriate wireless mini-pci card & antennas in it?  I need something fairly quickly.

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            • GruensFroeschli
              GruensFroeschli last edited by

              http://www.pfsense.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=44&Itemid=50

              For the AP/infrastructure i usually use these cards:
              http://pcengines.ch/wlm54g23.htm
              http://pcengines.ch/wlm54sag23.htm

              This list might also be interesting:
              https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AojFUXcbH0ROdHgwYkFHbkRUdV9hVWljVWl5SXkxbFE&hl=en#gid=0

              We do what we must, because we can.

              Asking questions the smart way: http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

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              • valnar
                valnar last edited by

                OK, I got all the hardware.  Which mode do I put the Atheros NIC in to make it work as a client?

                • Infrastructure (BSS)
                • Ad-Hoc (IBSS)
                • Access Point
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                • GruensFroeschli
                  GruensFroeschli last edited by

                  BSS

                  (why not just google it? O_o)

                  We do what we must, because we can.

                  Asking questions the smart way: http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

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