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Archive => 19.1 Legacy Series => Topic started by: healperci on June 10, 2019, 05:52:50 pm

Title: wireless card config.
Post by: healperci on June 10, 2019, 05:52:50 pm

Hi there guys!!

I'm trying to setup an old laptop system as a demo for OPNsense (power/bautiful OS)  but i'm having a problems configuring the wireless card.

The BSDconfig doesn't work (no wifi card) and the web page doesn't recognize the adapter, when I setup  the wireless net, it become em0 card and Can't go back to wireless settings...

Any clue what to do?

Title: Re: wireless card config.
Post by: bartjsmit on June 10, 2019, 07:24:18 pm

WiFi support in FreeBSD is poor to awful. Your best bet is to trunk LAN and WAN through the single network interface as VLAN's. You'll need a managed switch like Netgear GS105Ev2 but they're fairly cheap.

Bart...

Title: Re: wireless card config.
Post by: healperci on June 10, 2019, 08:53:57 pm

With FreeBSD I work's pretty easy!!! just select wifi and GUALA!!! it's working.

With OpnSense it doesn't work at all... I will be selling something that works... and no please not to VirtualBox again NOOO!!!.

The laptop works well with FreeBSD but not OPNsense.

Title: Re: wireless card config.
Post by: qinohe on June 11, 2019, 01:56:06 am

Hi healperci,

It really depends on the access point you use, bartjsmit may be be right on the poor support, but, if you have hardware supported by BSD it will definitely work. I use some really cheap USB dongles which provide me some pretty decent AP's that never failed me, for some four years or maybe more...
Okay the speed is not N quality nor a big range, but,  if you can settle with G (54mbit) speed than you may just spend a few dollar and get what you need.

For more info about my hardware :
https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=12968.msg60103#msg60103
If you like more info, just ask  ;)

Greetings, mark