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    Can't connect pfSense to my router

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      Omly
      last edited by

      Hello Everyone,

      I installed pfSense for the first time and I
      have problems configuring the WAN Interface.

      I am using a USB wireless Adapter as the WAN
      interface, and I can't connect pfSense to
      the router.

      I can ping the LAN and WAN IP addresses,
      from another machine, but I can't ping
      the router.

      In Network-specific wireless configuration
      I entered:
      Mode: Infrastructure(BBS)
      WPA: Enable WPA
      WPA mode: WPA2
      WPA key Management Mode: Pre Shared Key
      I entered the preshared key
      I also entered the Router's SSID

      I noticed that when I entered ifconfig
      I saw that the status is: no carrier

      Can anybody help me out? Thanks in advance.

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        podilarius
        last edited by

        Not all wireless devices can be used in pfsense (FreeBSD). Check:

        For 2.0:
        http://www.freebsd.org/releases/8.1R/hardware.html#WLAN

        For 2.1:
        http://www.freebsd.org/releases/8.3R/hardware.html#WLAN

        Check here to make sure that it theoretically supported.

        Past that, check the logs for any errors in wireless communication.

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          Omly
          last edited by

          Thanks for your reply, I solved the problem, it was an configuration issue.

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