Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2017 13:10:26 -0400 From: Peter Pauly <ppauly@gmail.com> To: Ernie Luzar <luzar722@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: WIFI as access point Message-ID: <CAKXfWbRj_ZxVpVSD7vbqgEroV=vKNka_vJbB5YGLkgwOGM=fKA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <58C96961.9010804@gmail.com> References: <58C08444.8060600@gmail.com> <58C17FEB.1020905@FreeBSD.org> <58C96961.9010804@gmail.com>
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You're serving DHCP on your LAN interface, but not on the WiFi interface. On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 12:18 PM, Ernie Luzar <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-exp >>> ress-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 > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe > @freebsd.org" >
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