PfSense and TRENDnet TEW-637AP

martinohansen

Is it possible to put a TRENDnet TEW-637AP to my pfSende box and create a wireless network?

ptt

Yes is posible

martinohansen

Is there a cheaper but still fine solution?

ptt

If you give a "more detailed" description of what you want to do / achieve, you can get better answers

martinohansen

@ptt:

If you give a "more detailed" description of what you want to do / achieve, you can get better answers

hehe, I just need my pfSense to create a wireless network.
Normal range, 4-5 smartphones and laptop online at the same time. Nothing wild

ptt

Then, just get some USB adapter ;D

http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,36191.0.html

martinohansen

@ptt:

Then, just get some USB adapter ;D

http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,36191.0.html

So you just put a USB adapter in the box (its a noname box) and it works like any other interface?

ptt

Yes, if you "put" a supported USB device ( if your NoName Box have USB port :D )

For more info, check Hardware section

also you can find info here:

http://www.freebsd.org/releases/8.1R/hardware.html

https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AojFUXcbH0ROdHgwYkFHbkRUdV9hVWljVWl5SXkxbFE&hl=en_US#gid=0

martinohansen

@ptt:

Yes, if you "put" a supported USB device ( if your NoName Box have USB port :D )

For more info, check Hardware section

also you can find info here:

http://www.freebsd.org/releases/8.1R/hardware.html

https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AojFUXcbH0ROdHgwYkFHbkRUdV9hVWljVWl5SXkxbFE&hl=en_US#gid=0

Would this work?
http://goo.gl/Txnry (very long linke!)

It's a little hard for me to get an overview of everything you linked me

edit:
Here it is anyway:

http://www.dlink.dk/cs/Satellite?c=Product_C&childpagename=DLinkEurope-DK%2FDLProductCarouselMultiple&cid=1197319487756&p=1197357728135&packedargs=ParentPageID%3D1197337625277%26ProductParentID%3D1197318706946%26TopLevelPageProduct%3DBusiness%26category%3DQuickProductFinder%26locale%3D1195806935729%26term%3DDWA-140&pagename=DLinkEurope-DK%2FDLWrapper

wallabybob

TP-Link TL-WN321G is supported in pfSense 1.2.3 and later.
Tenda W311U is supported in pfSense 2.0 RC3 and later snapshot builds.

Both are USB wireless NICs capable of acting as Access Points. I've had good results from both of them in my two floor house.

martinohansen

Hej

I saw at the forum that you have a DWA-140 USB Adapter set to your pfSense box, i just wont to know how it works and if where is anything i need to be aware off?

I thought that it worked fine at first, but it's not that great. But I've only used it in AP mode. I've tried 3 different USB WiFi adapters and I haven't had very good results with AP mode. They've caused a lot of instability (lock ups every few days). I haven't had a lock up since I disabled the USB wifi adapter.

Is this something others have experienced?

edit:
Just to make it more simple

I have a noname box with 3 ethernet ports and 2 USB ports. Let us call them et0 et1 8-10 et2.
et0 is for LAN with IP 192.168.1.1 /24
et1 is empty.
et2 is to WAN

I would like to create a wireless network with the same DHCP etc as my LAN network.
It can be a USB device or an Ethernet device that does not matter, it should just be normal range and 8-10 wireless devices at the same time.
Its signal must be at least as good as my old router which is this:
http://www.zyxel.dk/web/product_family_detail.php?PC1indexflag=20040520161246&CategoryGroupNo=PDCA2008004