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    Is there any way to create an exception for client isolation?

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    • DerelictD
      Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
      last edited by

      It's a layer 2 problem.  It's up to the layer 2 device to provide the solution.  I can't think of any reliable way to get pfSense to do this.  I think you need to decide if Roku access is more important than isolation.  Or find a way to get the Roku on a different switch port than the AP.

      Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
      A comprehensive network diagram is worth 10,000 words and 15 conference calls.
      DO NOT set a source address/port in a port forward or firewall rule unless you KNOW you need it!
      Do Not Chat For Help! NO_WAN_EGRESS(TM)

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        Trel
        last edited by

        @Derelict:

        It's a layer 2 problem.  It's up to the layer 2 device to provide the solution.  I can't think of any reliable way to get pfSense to do this.  I think you need to decide if Roku access is more important than isolation.  Or find a way to get the Roku on a different switch port than the AP.

        Pfsense IS the AP off of an internal wireless card, so there's no external controller I can configure here.
        There's also no switch involved.  The wireless card is a minipcie card attached to the motherboard.

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        • DerelictD
          Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
          last edited by

          Oh.  I'm probably the wrong person to talk to further.  I don't believe pfSense should be supporting wireless cards in the first place.  Nor do I have one to test and have never looked at the pfSense wireless config screens.

          But if you were to bridge another LAN port to the wireless interface and find a way to plug the Roku into that it might work.

          Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
          A comprehensive network diagram is worth 10,000 words and 15 conference calls.
          DO NOT set a source address/port in a port forward or firewall rule unless you KNOW you need it!
          Do Not Chat For Help! NO_WAN_EGRESS(TM)

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            Trel
            last edited by

            But if you were to bridge another LAN port to the wireless interface and find a way to plug the Roku into that it might work.

            The Roku is wireless, not wired.

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            • K
              kejianshi
              last edited by

              You could run 2 wireless adapters.  1 isolated and 1 not.

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              • DerelictD
                Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
                last edited by

                You've kind of painted yourself into a corner.

                Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
                A comprehensive network diagram is worth 10,000 words and 15 conference calls.
                DO NOT set a source address/port in a port forward or firewall rule unless you KNOW you need it!
                Do Not Chat For Help! NO_WAN_EGRESS(TM)

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                • K
                  kejianshi
                  last edited by

                  Me, him or both…???

                  haha

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                  • DerelictD
                    Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
                    last edited by

                    Does anyone know if the "Intra-BSS Communication" setting in the AP configuration simply tells the driver to turn it off and the Wi-Fi chipset handles it or does it actually trigger any magical layer 2 processing in pfSense?

                    Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
                    A comprehensive network diagram is worth 10,000 words and 15 conference calls.
                    DO NOT set a source address/port in a port forward or firewall rule unless you KNOW you need it!
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                      lsf
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                      Its a wifi option only. It tells the driver that no client should talk to another directly on L2. To op: this functionality is not possible on L2 if you want to seperate the clients. You cant have both. This needs to be changed on a frebsd wireless level. On the top of my head it would require a mac filter list and would make client isolation prone to security issues. In other words a ugly flawed hack.

                      -lsf

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                        Trel
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                        @lsf:

                        Its a wifi option only. It tells the driver that no client should talk to another directly on L2. To op: this functionality is not possible on L2 if you want to seperate the clients. You cant have both. This needs to be changed on a frebsd wireless level. On the top of my head it would require a mac filter list and would make client isolation prone to security issues. In other words a ugly flawed hack.

                        Looks like they can't use their Roku app then.
                        I'm not going to turn it off considering any device can get on the guest wireless.

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