Wireless Router LAN/OPT1 Bridge - Wireless only works if LAN is connected
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I actually have two hardware/software setups
IT-100 pfhacom running pfsense 2.0.3 (works as desired)
Alix-2D13 pfsense version 2.2 (has issue with no LAN connection on power on)I have successfully configured pfsense as a wireless router and it works on both hardware/software setups. In the simplest configuration I have LAN and OPT1 (ath0) bridged. After a power on, It all works using pfsense 2.0.3 but when using pfsense 2.2 works but … I need to have a LAN connection in order to get Wireless Clients to associate. Is there a simple solution to make pfsense 2.2 work as a wireless router without the LAN connected on boot? Perhaps this is by design in regards to the LAN + OPT1 bridge but I'm looking for a workaround. I desire to have the Wireless Router work wireless without requiring to have LAN device connected.
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Yes, because you are doing it wrong. You need to assign the bridge, not individual interfaces.
Hint: stop creating pointless bridges.
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Never new that I could assign a bridge. It was right there in assign interfaces. However, I still get the same behaviour.
WAN (wan) -> vr1 ->
LAN (lan) -> vr0 -> v4: 10.0.1.1/24
OPT1 (opt1) -> ath0_wlan0 ->
OPT2 (opt2) -> vr2 ->
OPT3 (opt3) -> bridge0 ->where bridge0 is a bridge of LAN, OPT1, and OPT2.
I'm clearly missing something here.
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I just had a reply written, hit post, and got the attached. Hit back - reply is gone.
Goddamn hotel captive portal/proxy messing around with SSL sessions. You hearing me all you lunatics who think this is a good idea?
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Never new that I could assign a bridge. It was right there in assign interfaces. However, I still get the same behaviour.
WAN (wan) -> vr1 ->
LAN (lan) -> vr0 -> v4: 10.0.1.1/24
OPT1 (opt1) -> ath0_wlan0 ->
OPT2 (opt2) -> vr2 ->
OPT3 (opt3) -> bridge0 ->where bridge0 is a bridge of LAN, OPT1, and OPT2.
I'm clearly missing something here.
Forget about LAN, OPT1, and OPT2. You want a bridge between vr0, vr2, and ath0_wlan0.
Create a bridge with members vr2 and ath0_wlan0
In Interfaces > (assign) CHANGE the assigned interface for LAN from vr0 to BRIDGE0
Go back and add vr0 to the bridge.
No idea why you're bridging vr0 and vr2. Get a switch and plug it into vr0. Save vr2 for use as a router interface.
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Thanks for the details as they were very helpful. It now works as desired.