<![CDATA[Multiple Adapters, VLANs, Guest Wireless Access HELP!!!]]>Below is a picture of the basic idea behind what I have setup. (Sorry its super terrible)

What I want (and normally accomplish with a NetGear UTM) is to have a LAN (192.168.0.X, em0 & em1) for wired and wireless computers (VLAN1) and a secondary LAN (192.168.250.X, em1) just for guest wireless access (VLAN2). These networks cannot talk to each other. Both networks have to have DHCP.

The WAP I'm using supports VLANs. I can link an SSID to a specific VLAN. There will be two wireless networks: WiFiSecured and WiFiGuest. Any user connecting to WiFiSecured will get a 192.168.0.X IP and any user connecting to WiFiGuest will get a 192.168.250.X IP. The WiFiSecured network needs to be able to access everything on the wired connection em0.

Been wrestling getting this working on my own for a few hours to no avail. I'm pretty new to pfSense and my tinkering with the VLANs isn't going anywhere. Any suggestions?

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/topic/79235/multiple-adapters-vlans-guest-wireless-access-helpRSS for NodeMon, 16 Mar 2026 12:14:10 GMTTue, 03 Feb 2015 20:28:34 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Multiple Adapters, VLANs, Guest Wireless Access HELP!!! on Tue, 03 Feb 2015 22:17:24 GMT]]>You need two VLANs to the AP.  I will assume these are 10 for the LAN and 20 for the guest:

Create VLAN 10 with a parent interface em1

Create VLAN 20 with a parent interface em1

Create a bridge with members em0 and em1_vlan10
Assign LAN to Bridge0

Set em1_vlan20 to be what you want for your guest wi-fi

Tell the AP to tag your LAN ssid with VLAN 10 and your guest SSID with VLAN 20.

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/515284https://forum.netgate.com/post/515284Tue, 03 Feb 2015 22:17:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Multiple Adapters, VLANs, Guest Wireless Access HELP!!! on Tue, 03 Feb 2015 21:27:00 GMT]]>How would I go about bridging those connections? I can't get a managed switch in there yet.

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/515251https://forum.netgate.com/post/515251Tue, 03 Feb 2015 21:27:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Multiple Adapters, VLANs, Guest Wireless Access HELP!!! on Tue, 03 Feb 2015 21:24:09 GMT]]>

Below is a picture of the basic idea behind what I have setup. (Sorry its super terrible)

It's perfect.  No apologies necessary.

As has been said, there's a correct way to do it (managed switch) and a not-so-correct but not necessarily wrong way (unmanaged switch and bridged pfSense interfaces.)

Depends on your answer to the managed switch question.

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/515250https://forum.netgate.com/post/515250Tue, 03 Feb 2015 21:24:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Multiple Adapters, VLANs, Guest Wireless Access HELP!!! on Tue, 03 Feb 2015 21:19:07 GMT]]>A managed, VLAN capable switch could be used in-between your EM1 interface and the AP.

Without it you have to create a bridge from VLAN1 and LAN. Try to avoid VLAN1 and use something like VLAN10 or so instead (some managed devices use VLAN1 internally).

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/515246https://forum.netgate.com/post/515246Tue, 03 Feb 2015 21:19:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Multiple Adapters, VLANs, Guest Wireless Access HELP!!! on Tue, 03 Feb 2015 21:00:09 GMT]]>No. But the switch is only getting access to the wired, internal network. So all connections on it will be in the VLAN1

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/515232https://forum.netgate.com/post/515232Tue, 03 Feb 2015 21:00:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Multiple Adapters, VLANs, Guest Wireless Access HELP!!! on Tue, 03 Feb 2015 20:57:47 GMT]]>Is your switch managed and VLAN capable?

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