Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2017 20:31:02 -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: <CAKXfWbSjDZf=pBeATTN3Sumj_jQLaK3S_0Ab_rgYF8YuNXKcww@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <58C9D9E8.5060604@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>
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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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