Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2017 20:18:48 -0400 From: Ernie Luzar <luzar722@gmail.com> To: Peter Pauly <ppauly@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: WIFI as access point Message-ID: <58C9D9E8.5060604@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAKXfWbRj_ZxVpVSD7vbqgEroV=vKNka_vJbB5YGLkgwOGM=fKA@mail.gmail.com> References: <58C08444.8060600@gmail.com> <58C17FEB.1020905@FreeBSD.org> <58C96961.9010804@gmail.com> <CAKXfWbRj_ZxVpVSD7vbqgEroV=vKNka_vJbB5YGLkgwOGM=fKA@mail.gmail.com>
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> On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 12:18 PM, Ernie Luzar <luzar722@gmail.com > <mailto:luzar722@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Dima Panov wrote: > > > Ernie Luzar wrote: > > Hello List; > > I have this wifi card > http://www.dlink.com/al/sq/products/dwa-556-xtreme-n-pci-express-desktop-adapter > <http://www.dlink.com/al/sq/products/dwa-556-xtreme-n-pci-express-desktop-adapter>; > > > I recovered it from a decommissioned win7 box. On win7 this > wifi card > could only be used to connect to a router access point. > > If I add this wifi card to my FreeBSD 11.0 system can it be > configured > to function as an access point? > > > This card is fully support by ath driver as "AR5418 Wireless Network > Adapter". > Copmlete examples with various AP setup described in manual page > for driver. > > > > I have followed the handbook "30.3.6 Freebsd Host Access Points" > Chapter in setting up this ath0 wifi card that is installed into my > gateway box that has a LAN on it. A win7 laptop can see the ssid and > connect to it. But it can not gain public internet access. Win7 wifi > trouble shooting says no valid ip address and not end point. To me > this sounds like a network configuration problem on my Freebsd > gateway box. > > /root >ifconfig wlan0 > wlan0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 0 > ether 00:18:e7:d5:b3:84 > inet 10.0.10.100 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.0.10.255 > nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11ng > <hostap> > status: running > ssid FBSD_AP channel 1 (2412 MHz 11g ht/40+) bssid > 00:18:e7:d5:b3:84 > regdomain FCC indoor ecm authmode WPA2/802.11i privacy MIXED > deftxkey 3 AES-CCM 2:128-bit AES-CCM 3:128-bit txpower 27 > scanvalid 60 > protmode CTS ampdulimit 64k ampdudensity 8 shortgi wme burst > dtimperiod 1 -dfs > groups: wlan > > > > /root >cat /etc/hostapd.conf > interface=wlan0 > debug=2 > ctrl_interface=/var/run/hostapd > ctrl_interface_group=wheel > ssid=FBSD_AP > wpa=2 > wpa_passphrase=test > wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK > wpa_pairwise=CCMP > > > /root >cat /etc/rc.conf > Snip > > gateway_enable="YES" > > ifconfig_em0="DHCP" # from cable modem > ifconfig_vge0="inet 10.0.10.2" # to LAN switch > > # Wifi in hostap mode > wlans_ath0="wlan0" > create_args_wlan0="wlanmode hostap" > ifconfig_wlan0="inet 10.0.10.100 netmask 255.255.255.0 ssid FBSD_AP > mode 11g" > hostapd_enable="YES" > > dhcpd_enable="YES" > dhcpd_conf="/usr/local/etc/dhcpd.conf" > dhcpd_ifaces="vge0" # ASRock Server Lan Nic > dhcpd_flags="-q" > > > This general config has been working for many years, since release > 3.0 of Freebsd. The only thing new is the wifi card being used as a > gateway hostap. > > I do not understand what this is doing > fconfig_wlan0="inet 10.0.10.100 netmask 255.255.255.0 > > I can not find any documentation on this as to it's purpose. > > I am trying to duplucate my cisco wifi router config which has this > security mode = wpa2 personal > encrytion = tkip or aes > network mode = BGN > > > Thanks for any help you can give me > > >Peter Pauly wrote: > You're serving DHCP on your LAN interface, but not on the WiFi interface. > Thanks I corrected that now. Now the win7 wifi stays connected but has no internet access. /root >ifconfig wlan0 list scan ADDR AID CHAN RATE RSSI IDLE TXSEQ RXSEQ CAPS FLAG 0c:ee:e6:ba:6f:26 1 1 54M 26.5 135 16 8288 EPS AQE RSN WME I also see a dhcp lease for the ip address that win7 wifi says it has. What can be the cause of no internet access on the wifi hostap?home | help
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