Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2017 20:36:19 -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: <CAKXfWbS9vMPk61SoCYtGKaLGk2a3mvy-YPi2YhTj6mxMfeTFTg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAKXfWbSjDZf=pBeATTN3Sumj_jQLaK3S_0Ab_rgYF8YuNXKcww@mail.gmail.com> References: <58C08444.8060600@gmail.com> <58C17FEB.1020905@FreeBSD.org> <58C96961.9010804@gmail.com> <CAKXfWbRj_ZxVpVSD7vbqgEroV=vKNka_vJbB5YGLkgwOGM=fKA@mail.gmail.com> <58C9D9E8.5060604@gmail.com> <CAKXfWbSjDZf=pBeATTN3Sumj_jQLaK3S_0Ab_rgYF8YuNXKcww@mail.gmail.com>
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Nevermind - I see the: gateway_enable="YES" On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 8:31 PM, Peter Pauly <ppauly@gmail.com> wrote: > How are you routing packets between the two interfaces? > > On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 8:18 PM, Ernie Luzar <luzar722@gmail.com> wrote: > >> 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-exp >>> ress-desktop-adapter >>> <http://www.dlink.com/al/sq/products/dwa-556-xtreme-n-pci-ex >>> press-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? >> >> >> >> >> >
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