Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2017 12:18:41 -0400 From: Ernie Luzar <luzar722@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: WIFI as access point Message-ID: <58C96961.9010804@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <58C17FEB.1020905@FreeBSD.org> References: <58C08444.8060600@gmail.com> <58C17FEB.1020905@FreeBSD.org>
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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 >> >> >> 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
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