How to make accesspoint in pfsense
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Where to write it ?
/etc/rc.banner ifconfig
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SSH to your pfSense, login as admin, select option 8 to get shell prompt then type in the commands and post the commands and responses in your topic OR in the pfSense web GUI go to Diagnostics -> Command Prompt and for each command in turn, type the command in the Command box and click on the Execute button immediately below.
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I wrote
I did it twice
First time
Wireless interface was not enabledThe second time the wireless interface was enabled
fxp0: flags=8843 <up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500 options=9 <rxcsum,vlan_mtu>ether 00:09:6b:d1:03:04 inet6 fe80::209:6bff:fed1:304%fxp0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 nd6 options=43 <performnud,accept_rtadv>media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>) status: active dc0: flags=8843 <up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500 options=80008 <vlan_mtu,linkstate>ether 00:80:ad:73:b7:fe inet6 fe80::280:adff:fe73:b7fe%dc0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2 nd6 options=43 <performnud,accept_rtadv>media: Ethernet autoselect (none) status: no carrier fxp1: flags=8943 <up,broadcast,running,promisc,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500 options=2008 <vlan_mtu,wol_magic>ether 00:02:b3:0b:ab:2e inet6 fe80::202:b3ff:fe0b:ab2e%fxp1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3 nd6 options=43 <performnud,accept_rtadv>media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>) status: active pflog0: flags=100 <promisc>metric 0 mtu 33200 enc0: flags=0<> metric 0 mtu 1536 lo0: flags=8049 <up,loopback,running,multicast>metric 0 mtu 16384 options=3 <rxcsum,txcsum>inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x6 nd6 options=43 <performnud,accept_rtadv>pfsync0: flags=0<> metric 0 mtu 1460 syncpeer: 224.0.0.240 maxupd: 128 syncok: 1 run0: flags=8902 <broadcast,promisc,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 2290 ether 54:e6:fc:93:bf:57 media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect <hostap>(autoselect <hostap>) status: no carrier pppoe0: flags=88d1 <up,pointopoint,running,noarp,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1492 inet 109.226.48.72 --> 109.226.1.20 netmask 0xffffffff inet6 fe80::209:6bff:fed1:304%pppoe0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x9 nd6 options=43 <performnud,accept_rtadv>run0_wlan0: flags=8902 <broadcast,promisc,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500 ether 54:e6:fc:93:bf:57 inet6 fe80::56e6:fcff:fe93:bf57%run0_wlan0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0xa nd6 options=43 <performnud,accept_rtadv>media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g <hostap>status: no carrier ssid "bla bla bla" channel 2 (2417 MHz 11g) regdomain NONE country IL authmode AUTO privacy OFF deftxkey 3 AES-CCM 2:128-bit AES-CCM 3:128-bit txpower 30 scanvalid 60 pureg protmode OFF wme -apbridge dtimperiod 1 -dfs bridge0: flags=8843 <up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500 ether 02:11:79:20:3d:00 inet 192.168.0.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255 id 00:00:00:00:00:00 priority 32768 hellotime 2 fwddelay 15 maxage 20 holdcnt 6 proto rstp maxaddr 100 timeout 1200 root id 00:00:00:00:00:00 priority 32768 ifcost 0 port 0 member: fxp1 flags=143 <learning,discover,autoedge,autoptp>ifmaxaddr 0 port 3 priority 128 path cost 200000 member: run0_wlan0 flags=143 <learning,discover,autoedge,autoptp>ifmaxaddr 0 port 10 priority 128 path cost 370370</learning,discover,autoedge,autoptp></learning,discover,autoedge,autoptp></up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast></hostap></performnud,accept_rtadv></broadcast,promisc,simplex,multicast></performnud,accept_rtadv></up,pointopoint,running,noarp,simplex,multicast></hostap></hostap></broadcast,promisc,simplex,multicast></performnud,accept_rtadv></rxcsum,txcsum></up,loopback,running,multicast></promisc></full-duplex></performnud,accept_rtadv></vlan_mtu,wol_magic></up,broadcast,running,promisc,simplex,multicast></performnud,accept_rtadv></vlan_mtu,linkstate></up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast></full-duplex></performnud,accept_rtadv></rxcsum,vlan_mtu></up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>
And the second time
fxp0: flags=8843 <up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500 options=9 <rxcsum,vlan_mtu>ether 00:09:6b:d1:03:04 inet6 fe80::209:6bff:fed1:304%fxp0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 nd6 options=43 <performnud,accept_rtadv>media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>) status: active dc0: flags=8843 <up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500 options=80008 <vlan_mtu,linkstate>ether 00:80:ad:73:b7:fe inet6 fe80::280:adff:fe73:b7fe%dc0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2 nd6 options=43 <performnud,accept_rtadv>media: Ethernet autoselect (none) status: no carrier fxp1: flags=8943 <up,broadcast,running,promisc,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500 options=2008 <vlan_mtu,wol_magic>ether 00:02:b3:0b:ab:2e inet6 fe80::202:b3ff:fe0b:ab2e%fxp1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3 nd6 options=43 <performnud,accept_rtadv>media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>) status: active pflog0: flags=100 <promisc>metric 0 mtu 33200 enc0: flags=0<> metric 0 mtu 1536 lo0: flags=8049 <up,loopback,running,multicast>metric 0 mtu 16384 options=3 <rxcsum,txcsum>inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x6 nd6 options=43 <performnud,accept_rtadv>pfsync0: flags=0<> metric 0 mtu 1460 syncpeer: 224.0.0.240 maxupd: 128 syncok: 1 run0: flags=8843 <up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 2290 ether 54:e6:fc:93:bf:57 media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g <hostap>status: running pppoe0: flags=88d1 <up,pointopoint,running,noarp,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1492 inet 109.226.48.72 --> 109.226.1.20 netmask 0xffffffff inet6 fe80::209:6bff:fed1:304%pppoe0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x9 nd6 options=43 <performnud,accept_rtadv>run0_wlan0: flags=8943 <up,broadcast,running,promisc,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500 ether 54:e6:fc:93:bf:57 inet6 fe80::56e6:fcff:fe93:bf57%run0_wlan0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0xa nd6 options=43 <performnud,accept_rtadv>media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g <hostap>status: running ssid "bla bla bla" channel 3 (2422 MHz 11g) bssid 54:e6:fc:93:bf:57 regdomain NONE country IL authmode WPA2/802.11i privacy MIXED deftxkey 2 AES-CCM 2:128-bit txpower 30 scanvalid 60 pureg protmode OFF wme -apbridge dtimperiod 1 -dfs bridge0: flags=8843 <up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500 ether 02:11:79:20:3d:00 inet 192.168.0.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255 id 00:00:00:00:00:00 priority 32768 hellotime 2 fwddelay 15 maxage 20 holdcnt 6 proto rstp maxaddr 100 timeout 1200 root id 00:00:00:00:00:00 priority 32768 ifcost 0 port 0 member: fxp1 flags=143 <learning,discover,autoedge,autoptp>ifmaxaddr 0 port 3 priority 128 path cost 200000 member: run0_wlan0 flags=143 <learning,discover,autoedge,autoptp>ifmaxaddr 0 port 10 priority 128 path cost 370370</learning,discover,autoedge,autoptp></learning,discover,autoedge,autoptp></up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast></hostap></performnud,accept_rtadv></up,broadcast,running,promisc,simplex,multicast></performnud,accept_rtadv></up,pointopoint,running,noarp,simplex,multicast></hostap></up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast></performnud,accept_rtadv></rxcsum,txcsum></up,loopback,running,multicast></promisc></full-duplex></performnud,accept_rtadv></vlan_mtu,wol_magic></up,broadcast,running,promisc,simplex,multicast></performnud,accept_rtadv></vlan_mtu,linkstate></up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast></full-duplex></performnud,accept_rtadv></rxcsum,vlan_mtu></up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>
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