Laptop Wireless Client Support for WAN Interface

[TravellingSysAdman]

Hi,

I am trying to confirm if OPNSense will work with my unusual requirement.

I would like to create a bunch of virtual machines on my laptop, all of which access the net via a gateway VM.
My Wireless NIC will be passed through to this Gateway VM, so it will see the physical interface (Intel 8260, so the iwm module will need to be loaded) and share the internet out via an internal vSwitch.

1) Does OPNSense come with support for iwm devices?
2) Does OPNSense support a WAN interface which is a wireless client (connecting to a standard WAP with WPA2)
3) How hard is it to change the WAN. Could I use my desktop VM to browse to the OPNSense configuration page and put in the connection details of the local coffee shop wireless?
4) How well can OPNSense handle being on a laptop. If it goes to sleep, when reopened, will OPNSense reconnect to wireless again, or will I need to manually connect through the GUI?

This is currently mostly working with PFSense, except it took a bit of module hacking to get iwm in there initially, and changing WAPs is from the command line and painful

If this isn't the right gateway OS for me, is there another one you could recommend?

[chemlud]

Hy!

I'm using an opnsense box with wifi as WAN for some time now, but it's not a laptop, it's not virtual and it's not an Intel wifi.

I change the credentials for the WAN interface via the GUI (WAN interface). Works fine for traveling.

[TravellingSysAdman]

Thanks, that was sounding positive...

BUT, it doesn't look like there is support for iwm

[franco]

Hi,

Er, ... https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=iwm

# kldload iwm


Cheers,
Franco

[Manfred.Knick]

That's fine - as far as BSD is concerned;
but
OPNsense   # kldload iwm
returns:      "load iwm: No such file or directory"        [ 2012-02-19  |  18.1.2 ]

<<<          # kldload    iwm
>>>          # kldload if_iwm
................................^^

Some more hints / links in e.g.  [ https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/intel-7260.55061/ ]