What am i doing wrong ?
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How long does it take to turn off the dhcp server? That is ALL you have to do to turn that router into a accesspoint, and not use its wan/internet port to connect it to your network.
You have to uncheck 1 box, and connect it to your network via one of its lan ports vs its wan/internet and shazam its an AP
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How long does it take to turn off the dhcp server? That is ALL you have to do to turn that router into a accesspoint, and not use its wan/internet port to connect it to your network.
You have to uncheck 1 box, and connect it to your network via one of its lan ports vs its wan/internet and shazam its an AP
I thank you for the post, but seriously, this thing is not a simple matter of unchecking a radio button….its a f**king nightmare this bloody thing, from day one it's been a son of a bitch.....i change one thing in it i can't access it...and have to reset to default...it's a feckin' nightmare....i swear.....but like i said, when i have the time to tinker i will, i have far more important things to think about this week, i have a funeral to organise now, and now a 16 month old grandchild just diagnosed with a hole in her heart. Damn firewall can wait.
The only reason i have replied to this post is to show i have read all, and am appreciating the assistance...when i can i will get back to the issue, but for now, it's of no importance.
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Dude I have no idea what you have done in the past - but I am telling you to turn ANY wireless router into an access point is simple disable of dhcp on the wireless router, and connect it via LAN port. That is it.
I looked on your routers web ui via emulator and to disable dhcp all that is required is uncheck the enable box and click save..
I have done this on hundreds of wireless routers.. No matter the make, no matter the brand. In your setup you don't even have to change the wireless routers lan IP.. Since its on the default network pfsense lan network defaults too.. All you have to do is change pfsense lan IP to not be 192.168.1.1 - make it 192.168.1.254 for example. As long as you don't have something else already using 192.168.1.254 your ready to go. Just connect in your wireless router via its LAN PORT to your pfsense lan inteface or a switch connected to your pfsense lan port already. And you done!
If this takes you more than 30 seconds then your doing something wrong!
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Dude I have no idea what you have done in the past - but I am telling you to turn ANY wireless router into an access point is simple disable of dhcp on the wireless router, and connect it via LAN port. That is it.
I looked on your routers web ui via emulator and to disable dhcp all that is required is uncheck the enable box and click save..
I have done this on hundreds of wireless routers.. No matter the make, no matter the brand. In your setup you don't even have to change the wireless routers lan IP.. Since its on the default network pfsense lan network defaults too.. All you have to do is change pfsense lan IP to not be 192.168.1.1 - make it 192.168.1.254 for example. As long as you don't have something else already using 192.168.1.254 your ready to go. Just connect in your wireless router via its LAN PORT to your pfsense lan inteface or a switch connected to your pfsense lan port already. And you done!
If this takes you more than 30 seconds then your doing something wrong!
I did that already and it did nothing, but somehow, its working now, i reset it to default, and suddenly it came up working.
Stupid thing is, i had done this a dozen or more times already.Thanks to all who offered suggestions, everything is working now.
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Even me? :-\
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What do you mean did nothing? Its not suppose to really do anything - you just turned of its dhcp server.. Do you mean you turned it off and it was still running?
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What do you mean did nothing? Its not suppose to really do anything - you just turned of its dhcp server.. Do you mean you turned it off and it was still running?
Sorry bad explanation on my part, i meant i did all the things you suggested, and it didn't fix the problem.
I did however get the pf box up and running, it turned out it was a simple fix, the DHCP server in the modem didn't turn off
when i first unchecked it. I rebooted the modem and DHCP and the SPI firewall in the modem were still turned on,
i turned them off again, resaved the cfg file for the modem, rebooted and it came up with both SPI and DHCP turned off
and the pf box was working fine with default install settings. so now it's all good.Thanks again to ALL who offered idea's and suggestion's.
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where did I say anything about turning off anything in your "modem"
I am glad you feel you have your system up and running - I did not tell you to do ANYTHING with your modem, if you were playing with that you were not following instructions given. I gave you a screen shot of your netgear for gosh sake..
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where did I say anything about turning off anything in your "modem"
I am glad you feel you have your system up and running - I did not tell you to do ANYTHING with your modem, if you were playing with that you were not following instructions given. I gave you a screen shot of your netgear for gosh sake..
Sorry didn't mean to offend John, i wasn't saying you told me to do anything to the Modem.
All i was saying was with all i tried, nothing worked…..but it was ALL MY FAULT ---- my Modem settings
were the cause of all my issues. It was the DHCP and SPI Firewall settings in the Modem that were giving me
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I wouldn't worry about offending johnpoz, I'm sure he can take it! ;D
It can be frustrating when people don't appear to be following instruction. However in this thread there were many instructions from many people. I stopped posting because it was just confusing matters. Glad you got it sorted. :)
Steve
