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    Installing pfsense into usb stick or router??

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      asura
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      hi ..im new with pfsense and for now im installed pfsense in my old computer successfully.
      Created them as a hostpot server.

      i got ideal ..i do not know either its can be done with pfsense or not.
      Can i install pfsense into router or usb stick and plug it into router?
      so i need only router alone and make it act as a hotspot server ..
      i did search thru the internet for any solution but cant find one

      sory for my bad english ..thanks in advance for ur reply :)

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        podilarius
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        You can use the NANO version of pfsense for memstick installs. i don't think you can run it on a router. If you want a all in one, then get a Atheros based card and setup access point mode in pfSense.

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          asura
          last edited by

          thanks for ur respond
          so there is no way to make a router as a hotspot gateway/server?

          any other solution tu make a router as a hotspot server?
          hope anyone can show me the way or give me a hint for me to start

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          • stephenw10S
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
            last edited by

            What do you mean by "router"?
            I think dd-wrt has hotspot capability: http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Captive_Portal

            Steve

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              asura
              last edited by

              thanks for the info

              dd-wrt require registration with Captive Portal provider.
              its free but still somehow i depend on them.

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              • stephenw10S
                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                last edited by

                One of the alternative distros for domestic/SOHO routers probably does. Tomato or OpenWRT perhaps.
                I guess it depends what router you have.
                Alternatively you can put a wifi card in your pfSense box.

                Steve

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                  asura
                  last edited by

                  thanks again ..

                  i will take a look at Tomato or OpenWRT ..
                  for now im using ubiquiti Nanostation M2 as signal transmitter.
                  connected to pfsense box and my hotspot work fine.

                  im planing using Tp-link TL-MR3420 as a router(as hotspot server).
                  its smaller than my current pfsense box and easy to hang at any wall

                  :)

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                  • stephenw10S
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                    last edited by

                    That looks to be at least mostly supported by openwrt: http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-mr3420
                    Though there are 3 versions of that model so check yours carefully.
                    You have a number of hotspot options: http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/howto/wireless.hotspot

                    Some of these require a separate authentication server but not all.

                    Doesn't ubiquity offer some solution for this?

                    Steve

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                      asura
                      last edited by

                      i appreciate ur help ..from ur reply i got a clue what to experiment .
                      yup ..nanostation have a solution but the system will go thru captive portal provider.
                      im not expert with nanostation, mayb some advance configuration will solve my problem.

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                      • stephenw10S
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                        last edited by

                        You can install captive portal software directly in the M2: http://coova.org/node/3685 for example. However this does require rebuilding the firmware unless there is an image available somewhere. This still requires an external radius server but would be a two box solution. Trying to run authentication software in a low end router is always going to be tight, IMHO.

                        Steve

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