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    TP-Link TL-WN851ND needs frequent disabling and re-enabling

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      UltramaticOrange
      last edited by

      Hey all, I've got an Atheros based TP-Link TL-WN851ND that needs frequent disabling and enabling to get my wifi back up. Not a huge deal, but at 2-3 times a day, pretty darn inconvenient.

      Name router
      Version 2.2.4-RELEASE (amd64)
      built on Sat Jul 25 19:57:37 CDT 2015
      FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE-p15

      Platform pfSense
      CPU Type AMD Opteron™ Processor 246 HE
      2 CPUs: 2 package(s) x 1 core(s)
      Uptime 9 Days 06 Hours 19 Minutes 16 Seconds
      Current date/time
      Wed Aug 19 23:10:58 CDT 2015

      cablenic WAN
      (DHCP) up 1000baseT <full-duplex,master>-- IP omitted --
      cablenic DMZ down none
      192.168.1.1
      cablenic OPT1 down autoselect
      cablenic OPT2 up 1000baseT <full-duplex>cablenic OPT3 up 1000baseT <full-duplex>cablenic OPT4 up 1000baseT <full-duplex>cablenic OPT5 down autoselect
      cablenic OPT6 down autoselect
      cablenic OPT7 down autoselect
      cablenic OPT8 down autoselect
      wlan_d WLAN up autoselect mode 11ng <hostap>cablenic IBRIDGE up
      192.168.2.1

      DMZ is a single port, opt1-8+WLAN are in the bridge ibridge.</hostap></full-duplex></full-duplex></full-duplex></full-duplex,master>

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        rjcrowder
        last edited by

        Is there a question in there?

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          UltramaticOrange
          last edited by

          @rjcrowder:

          Is there a question in there?

          As I stated, I have to disable/enable my wireless card multiple times a day and doing so is annoying. Therefore, the implied question would be, what can I try so I don't need to do this multiple times a day?

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          • DerelictD
            Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
            last edited by

            Get a real AP.  You know the kind with a radio or two in it and an ethernet port.

            Put it on your LAN and you're done.

            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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              Guest
              last edited by

              Not a huge deal, but at 2-3 times a day, pretty darn inconvenient.

              If you get WiFi inside of pfSense working and it is running liquid it is ok, but if you get
              trouble this can be that you are fiddling it out in weeks and nothing changed!
              It mostly depends on more then one point, it can be the same hardware or config
              but one times it runs and one times not! So the best way is to set up a external WiFi
              AP and connect this to a LAN switch.

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                rjcrowder
                last edited by

                @Derelict:

                Get a real AP.  You know the kind with a radio or two in it and an ethernet port.

                Put it on your LAN and you're done.

                Guaranteed easiest most reliable way to solve your problem…

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                  UltramaticOrange
                  last edited by

                  Thanks, all. Those were pretty much the answers I was expecting. Time to browse some ubiquiti hardware.

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