[pfSense Support] import monowall xml files
i know this has probably been answered in previous posts but i didn't see them. i'm wondering if / how i can move my monowall xml file over to pfsense. i tried to just restore, thinking that i had seen a previous post saying it was ok, it but killed everything and i had to re-install. i would love to try pfsense and most likely will when i have more time. i just really hoped that all my configurations are not lost when moving over. thanks and i apologize if i wasn't detailed enough. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [pfSense Support] import monowall xml files
Scott Ullrich wrote: We convert m0n0wall configurations on import. We convert the tag names and remove the traffic shaper.But don't expect proxyarp and things of this nature to work. Scott On 9/29/05, Bill Marquette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This used to work, but our config has significantly diverged from m0n0. I suspect if you used a config from where we forked it'd probably work, but assuming m0n0 changed _anything_ in their config file since then, it's unlikely to convert over. I think we're at the point where either someone needs to make it work, or the restore function rejects a m0n0 config. --Bill On 9/29/05, Jonathan Woodard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: i know this has probably been answered in previous posts but i didn't see them. i'm wondering if / how i can move my monowall xml file over to pfsense. i tried to just restore, thinking that i had seen a previous post saying it was ok, it but killed everything and i had to re-install. i would love to try pfsense and most likely will when i have more time. i just really hoped that all my configurations are not lost when moving over. thanks and i apologize if i wasn't detailed enough. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I agree with Bill here, I suggest at the very least right now having it reject the monowall file. Since this used to work there maybe more people out there who are trying this and having to just re-install. thanks to all of you for your help, i'll probably install pfsense on a weekend when i have time to redo it all. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[pfSense Support] beep on ready suggestion
I don't exactly remember which version i started out with but many burned .iso's later we arrive at 0.85 and finally pfsense installed the first time without much of a problem. I wish to say congrats to the development people and the people in this mailing list as i have poured over the lists trying to get things to work. i'm very impressed with how things are progressing and the level of support someone can get here. I wonder if i could make another small suggestion now, i remember using various firewall/router distros in the past and most all of them had a simple feature of beeping in some fashion to tell the user that the machine is up and ready for traffic. i never realized how much i liked that until i didn't have it with monowall. i was wondering if something like this could be added to pfsense. I think users with a completely headless machine would agree that this would be helpful. and I know I would appreicate it very much, thank you :-) - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [pfSense Support] beep on ready suggestion
wow, i too am glad to see that it created as much discussion as it did. and yes, i do believe that "sesame street" can be left alone. However i'm completely open to the Star Wars "Imperial March". 8-) I do think that if you have a startup "tone" that you have a shutdown "tone" play right before complete shutdown. I remember some of the distros i tried had the following as a startup beeps. Both the following had a beep program: ipcop - 6-7 note beeps/notes going higher smoothwall - 3 beep/notes increasing I found the FreeBSD port to this here: http://www-user.rhrk.uni-kl.de/~f_osterf/beep/ (actually with this i think "Imperial March" could be done) :-) astaro - 5 sequencial plain pc speaker beeps (also had power down beeps i remember) Sorry for the long post but i figured i should chime in to my own disscusion, thanks again. Frimmel, Ivan (ISS South Africa) wrote: Hehe.. great to see it has created some discussion.. What about Milkdrop for the screen saver? ;_) ok I'll stop now. I do agree a beep would be sufficient. -Original Message- From: Holger Bauer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 2:11 PM To: support@pfsense.com Subject: AW: [pfSense Support] beep on ready suggestion I don't think we need something other than beeps, but they have to be unique so you know that it's a "ready" beep and not something caused by the bios or a system going down beep. We can leave the sesame street theme to other more "colourful" firewalls ;-) Holger -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Scott Ullrich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Gesendet: Freitag, 30. September 2005 13:55 An: support@pfsense.com Betreff: Re: [pfSense Support] beep on ready suggestion So when we boot up should we play the Sesame Street theme? /me ducks Scott On 9/30/05, Frimmel, Ivan (ISS South Africa) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I remember being able to play mods through the pc speaker ;) >From this thread : http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-multimedia/2003-April/30.html mplayer -ao oss:/dev/pcaudio -vo aa .. but I suspect oss is not turn on in the kernel? -Original Message- From: Andrew Harvey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 9:05 AM To: support@pfsense.com Subject: Re: [pfSense Support] beep on ready suggestion That would simply require that when the menu displays for the first time, you echo the ^G character? That menu is PHP, isn't it? So that should be simple enough Andrew On 30/09/2005, at 4:58 PM, Oscar Forsström wrote: I agree! That would be a great feature! Jonathan Woodard wrote: I don't exactly remember which version i started out with but many burned .iso's later we arrive at 0.85 and finally pfsense installed the first time without much of a problem. I wish to say congrats to the development people and the people in this mailing list as i have poured over the lists trying to get things to work. i'm very impressed with how things are progressing and the level of support someone can get here. I wonder if i could make another small suggestion now, i remember using various firewall/router distros in the past and most all of them had a simple feature of beeping in some fashion to tell the user that the machine is up and ready for traffic. i never realized how much i liked that until i didn't have it with monowall. i was wondering if something like this could be added to pfsense. I think users with a completely headless machine would agree that this would be helpful. and I know I would appreicate it very much, thank you :-) - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Virus checked by G DATA AntiVirusKit - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [pfSense Support] beep on ready suggestion
LOL, thanks bill. however, i'm about as dumb as a brick when it comes to bsd. i was just hoping that a particular start/stop sequence could be added to the pfsense .iso. i'd be happy to help accomplish this if someone would point me in the direction or add it and allow me to test it. also, i realize that there might be some people who don't like it, i would think there needed to be a simple way to disable it if desired. thank you very much again for your interest in my idea. Bill Marquette wrote: Note sure if/where we install http://pfsense.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/tools/pfPorts/beep/ to, but use and friends to beep to your hearts content. --Bill On 9/30/05, Jonathan Woodard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I don't exactly remember which version i started out with but many burned .iso's later we arrive at 0.85 and finally pfsense installed the first time without much of a problem. I wish to say congrats to the development people and the people in this mailing list as i have poured over the lists trying to get things to work. i'm very impressed with how things are progressing and the level of support someone can get here. I wonder if i could make another small suggestion now, i remember using various firewall/router distros in the past and most all of them had a simple feature of beeping in some fashion to tell the user that the machine is up and ready for traffic. i never realized how much i liked that until i didn't have it with monowall. i was wondering if something like this could be added to pfsense. I think users with a completely headless machine would agree that this would be helpful. and I know I would appreicate it very much, thank you :-) - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [pfSense Support] why beep(1) when you can speaker(4)
scott, is the beep script active, i upgraded to 0.86 which i'm assuming is the right one. when i rebooted i heard nothing. just wondering if/how i get it active, thanks :) Scott Ullrich wrote: Hrm. Good point. I didn't honestly know you could echo items to /dev/speaker to have it play sounds. Currently we are using beep from the FreeBSD ports tree with a small wrapper script that plays tones going up (machine is up) or tones going down (machine is on its way down). Thanks to Seth Mos for putting together the script. Scott On 10/3/05, Vivek Khera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I was just browsing the kernel config files for pfsense and noticed that the speaker pseudo device is built in. Then I recalled the 'beep' discussion... which got me to thinking: Why use beep when you can just echo strings into /dev/speaker and play lots of nice tunes? You could even make the theme music customizable :-) - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[pfSense Support] Menu prompt time, Etc..
Hello all, I just upgraded to 0.96.4 and I now notice the new freeBSD menu. I'm wondering what file or how I edit it to make the startup menu prompt shorter. Instead of 10, I would like to turn it down to 1-2 seconds. Also, I have noticed that I used to have startup/shutdown beeps, now these seem to be gone. I just wondered if they had been removed or just quit working for me for some reason. Not a big thing, however I did enjoy them very much. Thanks everyone for the great mailing list and to the developers for your time in making such a great product. :-) P.S. Instead of upgrading the firmware, I upgraded 0.96.4 by re-installing completely. I didn't know if that would make a difference or not. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [pfSense Support] Menu prompt time, Etc..
Ok, so to fix the shorter menu prompt I should DL the latest upgrade? The Dallas mirror shows the same version however with the current date. Scott Ullrich wrote: On 12/19/05, Jonathan Woodard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello all, I just upgraded to 0.96.4 and I now notice the new freeBSD menu. I'm wondering what file or how I edit it to make the startup menu prompt shorter. Instead of 10, I would like to turn it down to 1-2 seconds. This is fixed in the latest ISO. I forgot to re-apply a patch. Also, I have noticed that I used to have startup/shutdown beeps, now these seem to be gone. I just wondered if they had been removed or just quit working for me for some reason. Not a big thing, however I did enjoy them very much. I'll check into it. Scott - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] !DSPAM:43a8d84e236181432588612! - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: AW: [pfSense Support] beeps gone?
Thanks for fixing this from me as well, I enjoy the beeps as well. On a side note, I would again like to throw my vote for Star Wars "Imperial March". :-) Holger Bauer wrote: They'll work again with 1.0beta2 which isn't released yet. Holger -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Vinc Duran [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Gesendet: Mittwoch, 4. Januar 2006 08:14 An: support@pfsense.com Betreff: [pfSense Support] beeps gone? Hi, I'm trying out the beta and I don't hear the very helpful startup beeps anymore. I don't see an option in the gui. Did the beeps get taken out or is it some problem on my machine only? Thanks, Vinc - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Virus checked by G DATA AntiVirusKit - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: AW: AW: [pfSense Support] beeps gone?
It was just a thought, lol... I know I for one would feel much more secure with it as my startup beep. What's good enough for Lord Vader is good enough for me. :-D Holger Bauer wrote: I'm not sure if we get a free license for that one *lol* Holger -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Jonathan Woodard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Mittwoch, 4. Januar 2006 09:05 An: support@pfsense.com Betreff: Re: AW: [pfSense Support] beeps gone? Thanks for fixing this from me as well, I enjoy the beeps as well. On a side note, I would again like to throw my vote for Star Wars "Imperial March". :-) Holger Bauer wrote: They'll work again with 1.0beta2 which isn't released yet. Holger -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Vinc Duran [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Mittwoch, 4. Januar 2006 08:14 An: support@pfsense.com Betreff: [pfSense Support] beeps gone? Hi, I'm trying out the beta and I don't hear the very helpful startup beeps anymore. I don't see an option in the gui. Did the beeps get taken out or is it some problem on my machine only? Thanks, Vinc - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Virus checked by G DATA AntiVirusKit - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Virus checked by G DATA AntiVirusKit - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: AW: AW: [pfSense Support] beeps gone?
Someone needs to write that so we can have the option. We could even have a section where people upload and download startup/shutdown "tones" for their machine. I realize that's kinda deviating from the true purpose of the project but hey we have themes, why not beeps 8-) Bill Marquette wrote: Back in my BBS days I had GnR Sweet Child of Mine as the sysop page themeanyone care to figure that one out? Oh god, I can see it now, we're going to have to have a 'beep' theme! Anyone writes alternate beeps and I'll add the option (but ONLY after I get Sweet child of mine) ;-P --Bill On 1/4/06, Gary Buckmaster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'd be perfectly content with the theme from Army of Darkness, or maybe Knight Rider. . . -----Original Message- From: Jonathan Woodard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 2:19 AM To: support@pfsense.com Subject: Re: AW: AW: [pfSense Support] beeps gone? It was just a thought, lol... I know I for one would feel much more secure with it as my startup beep. What's good enough for Lord Vader is good enough for me. :-D - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[pfSense Support] Free IPsec client software, suggestions?
Is there a free IPsec VPN client I can use with Windows 2000/XP to connect to pfsense through IPsec. I have been using PPTP but I understand it's not as secure and I'm having trouble getting connected with it on my Linux desktop. I realize this is a bit off topic for Pfsense, but someone else might use this discussion later. Thank you very much for any help and please keep up the outstanding work on this project. It's coming along great and I see it really making a name for itself. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[pfSense Support] pptp server and passthrough status?
I was just wondering if there has been anymore work done this issue. I updated to the June 4th build and I am still having problems. I run a pptp server and connect to a pptp server remotely. I was initally able to connect but re-connecting will not work and hangs with the typical 619 error. I understand this is a persistent problem that has been looked at for quite sometime and I noticed that in the blog that some pptp fix was committed. Forgive me if I sound pushy but I just wondered if anything else has been discovered on it. Viva La PFsense, I love it! Jonathan - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [pfSense Support] Wireless suggestions (dual wireless?)
Thank you all for your help. Unfortunately the library has a very very limited budget. I have ordered 2 supported wireless cards and I am going to be testing them for myself as dual AP's. In the end, probably they will go with 2 very cheap AP's attached to separate OPT ports on the router. However, all of you have given me things to dream about testing some day. :-) Jonathan Yuri Lukin wrote: I see to recall reading somewhere that hostapd supports multiple SSIDs on the same radio Nelson Papel wrote .. I have tested a Cisco 1010AP (lightweight model) with a Cisco 2000 Airespace wireless controller. It did allow multiple wireless VLAN's, which could then be trunked out to a managed switch, or right into pfsense via an 802.1q trunk. I believe the controller itself could manage up to 16 1000 series AP's. It's not the cheapest solution but works great over a larger area (using multiple AP's). Also, the Cisco 1200 AP doesn't need a controller, it supports up to 16 SSID/VLAN pairs per radio, which again are 802.1q trunked out to a managed switch, or directly into pfsense. Nelson Papel _ From: mOjO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 01:14 To: support@pfsense.com Subject: Re: [pfSense Support] Wireless suggestions (dual wireless?) A more expensive WAP (I know Cisco does, not sure about Proxim) will allow you to run multiple SSID's off the same unit. (i.e. one unprotected and the other protected) Then I think you could go so far as to assign different VLAN's to each wireless network. pfSense should recognize the VLAN's and allow you to define different rules (Most of this is speculation, someone might prove me wrong here.) Or potentially a VLAN capable managed switch could allow you to separate the two networks, isolating them and allowing you to pipe them through different interfaces on pfSense. very speculative but something to look into... Jonathan Woodard wrote: I'm hoping someone can help me with this and save me some time. It's a bit complicated to explain so bear with me. I have also enclosed a diagram of the layout and my idea to give you a better idea. I maintain the network for a local library. Currently, they have a wired network and one AP. The AP is both used by the public for Internet and also by the employees. I would like to separate this. I do not like the idea of someone coming in and having access to the private network with a laptop I can't lockdown. My inital plan was the enclosed diagram with 2 AP's, one secured for private use and one open for public use. However, I am wondering if this is the only option, if not, is it the best option? I am comfortable with networks but there always seems to be capabilities I am unaware of that I would like to experiment with. I wonder if there is some way in Pfsense to separate the 2 (public/private) on the one AP? I am thinking not since I want to secure one and not the other but I would just like verification on this. Can I install 2 supported wireless cards and separate them that way? This would be really cool since everything is still in the one box. On a semi-side note. Can anyone give me any experience on Pfsense as an AP? I realize this possibly is based on the particular card but, on average, how do you feel it compares to a typical home AP (range, connection stability, etc.) Thank you for all your help. I have never found a more helpful group of people as the people in this project. Between the forums, IRC, mailing lists and everything else I have always found an answer to any problems. I am certain that this will, over time, put Pfsense above all others. Jonathan _ _ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [pfSense Support] Wireless suggestions (dual wireless?) UPDATE
since this is still open I would provide what I have tested so far. I used a combination of wireless cards in my router to do a public/private setup. Currently they are separated by firewall and the public card is using captive portal for a initial "terms and conditions of use" page. I'm looking at trying to do DHCP relay to the private side for an easier time and a few other tweaks that pfsense allows. Everything is going well "so far" and I seem to have just as good of performance and range as I do with the consumer AP in my room. It's still very much a work in progress but I'm mostly happy with how things are going so far. The main limitation I am finding is the inability to bridge the wireless card to any other interface. However, I am under the understanding that this is a driver limitation and not a pfsense problem. Still thought I would provide that to anyone attempting testing in this direction. I hope to provide more as I play around with this. Jonathan Eric W. Bates wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 mOjO wrote: A more expensive WAP (I know Cisco does, not sure about Proxim) will allow you to run multiple SSID's off the same unit. (i.e. one unprotected and the other protected) Then I think you could go so far as to assign different VLAN's to each wireless network. pfSense should recognize the VLAN's and allow you to define different rules (Most of this is speculation, someone might prove me wrong here.) Or potentially a VLAN capable managed switch could allow you to separate the two networks, isolating them and allowing you to pipe them through different interfaces on pfSense. very speculative but something to look into... The Colubris MSC units do precisely that. From their interface one creates a 'virtual AP'. It can support multiples of these virtual AP's and each can have a very separate config: different SSID, different encryption policy, different authentication, etc. All of this on a single radio. Typically each of the virtual AP's tags the traffic with a different VLAN; so you then run it to something like pfsense that can sort it. A typical application is to set up one virtual AP with the public SSID and a second one with an un-broadcast SSID and WPA for each of the employees. Since the traffic leaving is on separate vlan's you can then set rules in pfsense to disallow the 'public' traffic to 'staff' LAN. Caveat: I got hired to suss this out for a WISP. It is working on my bench right now; but we haven't beat on it hard yet. Jonathan Woodard wrote: I'm hoping someone can help me with this and save me some time. It's a bit complicated to explain so bear with me. I have also enclosed a diagram of the layout and my idea to give you a better idea. I maintain the network for a local library. Currently, they have a wired network and one AP. The AP is both used by the public for Internet and also by the employees. I would like to separate this. I do not like the idea of someone coming in and having access to the private network with a laptop I can't lockdown. My inital plan was the enclosed diagram with 2 AP's, one secured for private use and one open for public use. However, I am wondering if this is the only option, if not, is it the best option? I am comfortable with networks but there always seems to be capabilities I am unaware of that I would like to experiment with. I wonder if there is some way in Pfsense to separate the 2 (public/private) on the one AP? I am thinking not since I want to secure one and not the other but I would just like verification on this. Can I install 2 supported wireless cards and separate them that way? This would be really cool since everything is still in the one box. On a semi-side note. Can anyone give me any experience on Pfsense as an AP? I realize this possibly is based on the particular card but, on average, how do you feel it compares to a typical home AP (range, connection stability, etc.) Thank you for all your help. I have never found a more helpful group of people as the people in this project. Between the forums, IRC, mailing lists and everything else I have always found an answer to any problems. I am certain that this will, over time, put Pfsense above all others. Jonathan - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - -- Eric W. Bates [EMAIL PROTECTED] -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFElsQpD1roJTQ4LlERAndNAKCYYQXHYkoVbk8YrYLuL+R9JhXVUQCdFl37 apFptt59NY1HCcD613h44IY= =j3WN -END
[pfSense Support] Just plain praise
I just thought I would take some time and let it be said here how much I appreciate the work that has gone into this project. The people that are a part of this I have found to be nothing less than open to suggestions and very helpful. Between the mailing lists, forums, AND irc I have always found an answer to any problem I'm having. I currently use Pfsense in the 3 library locations I admin along with 2 at my home. I have also talked several "geek" friends into trying it and they have all been very happy with it's ease of use and very comprehensive features. I have only ran into 2 limitations in the time I have worked with this project and neither have been limitations of Pfsense but rather in either drivers or something else. If anyone doubts the reliability of this project I would tell them I have a Cisco 841 broadband router in my closet collecting dust. Pfsense is MUCH easier to manage and provides just as much uptime. Also, in the 6 months that Pfsense has been installed at the 3 library locations I have yet to receive a call concerning their routers. One of these locations also deals with constant power failures as well, and still never a call. (that router is on a UPS now...lol) Guess I could have said everything in 2 words but I liked this better. :-) THANK YOU! Jonathan - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[pfSense Support] Dual Wireless results for Bill M.
I was testing a box with 2 wireless cards to try possible separate AP's in the same box and I promised I would give my results here. I have a test desktop and a test laptop. The desktop carries a "b" card while the laptop is "g" and both Pfsense cards are "g" Atheros cards (Dlink and Edimax). Under light load they seem to perform fine. However, I connected the desktop to the Dlink card and Dl'd a iso while just browsing with the laptop on the Edimax card. I began to notice pages would stall while loading and some would timeout alltogether. I didn't notice a problem with the iso downloading. I tried to put the dlink card on channel 1 and move the Edimax card to 11 but this was no help. It was suggested to try channel 1 & 6 as they interfere less but I haven't tested this yet, however, I do plan to. After seeing how things went last night unless more people can give me good success with this kind of setup I will probably not be putting this kind of setup into use anywhere. Jonathan - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[pfSense Support] Wireless bridging IS possible?
Ok, I was under the assumption that bridging a wireless interface running in AP mode to anything wasn't possible yet because of a driver limitation. However, right now I am running on my laptop connected to my PFsense AP that is running in AP mode and bridged to the LAN interface. This would all mean that I was wrong so would some one be kind enough to tell me my limitations with bridging a wireless interface? I'm sorry if this has been answered before. Jonathan - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[pfSense Support] Wireless problems
I know my saga with wireless the last few weeks might be getting old to some but anyways I'm having issues. I have my main router with a wireless card in AP mode bridged to my LAN. I have 2 pc's, one a desktop with a "b" card and the other is my laptop with a "g" card. My laptop can connect fine and get and IP address from DHCP, however the desktop cannot. It can however connect to the AP fine. I've tried messing with the various wireless settings but to no avail. Also, For some reason I have noticed it seems like the connection in my laptop seems to be slower (IE: pages tend to load significantly slower) I have turned off all other AP's in the house except for one that I tried to make sure everything there is working fine. This one was only turned on after the pfsense wireless showed issues. Any help would be very appreciated. Jonathan - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [pfSense Support] Wireless problems
Well, I am able to get an IP with the desktop now so I would assume that fixed it. I would still like to know what was happening but if no one knows I'll be happy it works for now. :-) thanks for the quick help Scott. Jonathan Scott Ullrich wrote: On 6/24/06, Ispánovits Imre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sat, 24 Jun 2006 14:50:39 -0400 "Scott Ullrich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > We recently fixed a number of wireless issues, please run cvs_sync.sh > releng_1 from a shell. > Can the above be applied on embedded version as well? No, sorry. Look for the new snapshot that will be posted today in http://www.pfsense.com/~sullrich/RELENG_1_SNAPSHOT-06-24-2006/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [pfSense Support] Wireless problems...spoke too soon
Well, apparantly that didn't fix it completely. I can no longer get an IP from the wireless. Again, the AP connects fine but dhcp will not give me an IP. I tried with my laptop and it didn't work then i moved it closer and it gave me an address so I'm assuming is a range issue. However everything suggests that the range is very good to excellent. I walked farther away with my laptop and got an IP but the connections timed out several times when I tried browsing the internet. Again any suggestions would be appreciated. Btw, this is the card I'm using. It is an Atheros chipset. EDIMAX EW-7325IG PCI Wireless LAN Card - Retail Jonathan Scott Ullrich wrote: On 6/24/06, Jonathan Woodard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Well, I am able to get an IP with the desktop now so I would assume that fixed it. I would still like to know what was happening but if no one knows I'll be happy it works for now. :-) thanks for the quick help Scott. Let's just say there where some pretty obvious bugs with non ath cards. Scott - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [pfSense Support] Wireless problems...spoke too soon
I also have a router that is on my workbench that is acting as a wireless client and it is also giving the same problems. I live in the middle of 3 acres in a very small town so I know there is no other AP's in distance. There is really nothing else here that causes a problem. When I turn my old netgear "b" AP on everything works great with it. The AP card might very well be crappy but it would surpsrise me since it's worked like a champ until now. Thank you for your suggestions however. :-) Any other advice I would welcome. Jonathan Holger Bauer wrote: Sounds like noise to me. Check out your neighbourhood for interfering channels (you can do so for example by scanning with http://netstumbler.com/ for other accesspoint). Also other devices can interfere with wireless that won't be listed with netstumbler (like for example wireless home video transmitters; Check your environment for devices that might cause noise). Also maybe the wireless card of the client that is having issues is just crappy as another one works. Holger -Original Message----- From: Jonathan Woodard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2006 1:30 AM To: support@pfsense.com Subject: Re: [pfSense Support] Wireless problems...spoke too soon Well, apparantly that didn't fix it completely. I can no longer get an IP from the wireless. Again, the AP connects fine but dhcp will not give me an IP. I tried with my laptop and it didn't work then i moved it closer and it gave me an address so I'm assuming is a range issue. However everything suggests that the range is very good to excellent. I walked farther away with my laptop and got an IP but the connections timed out several times when I tried browsing the internet. Again any suggestions would be appreciated. Btw, this is the card I'm using. It is an Atheros chipset. EDIMAX EW-7325IG PCI Wireless LAN Card - Retail Jonathan Scott Ullrich wrote: On 6/24/06, Jonathan Woodard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Well, I am able to get an IP with the desktop now so I would assume that fixed it. I would still like to know what was happening but if no one knows I'll be happy it works for now. :-) thanks for the quick help Scott. Let's just say there where some pretty obvious bugs with non ath cards. Scott - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Virus checked by G DATA AntiVirusKit - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [pfSense Support] Wireless problems...update
I'm sorry to keep bringing this up but maybe this will help someone out later. Again, the AP interface was originally bridged to the LAN interface. I did this because I wanted my server 2k3 box to be the only dhcp server on the network. But, for testing, I took down the bridge and let pfsense do the dhcp for the AP. This made a very significant difference in the time it took for the desktop to get an IP aside from the fact that it got an IP at all. Traffic didn't start flowing however until I rebooted pfsense. Currently I have internet and can still get to other machines on the network however not with their dns name. I would be happy with this except it worked the other way at one point and I'd like it that way again. I notice that browsing the net is much smoother now that the interface is unbridged. Probably I'm missing something but I just wondered if it was a bug somewhere that during bridging traffic isn't getting routed/passed right. Upon Scott's advice I did a cvs_sync this morning so I assume I'm running the very latest build. As always I would appreciate very much your suggestions and comments. Thank you Jonathan Jonathan Woodard wrote: I also have a router that is on my workbench that is acting as a wireless client and it is also giving the same problems. I live in the middle of 3 acres in a very small town so I know there is no other AP's in distance. There is really nothing else here that causes a problem. When I turn my old netgear "b" AP on everything works great with it. The AP card might very well be crappy but it would surpsrise me since it's worked like a champ until now. Thank you for your suggestions however. :-) Any other advice I would welcome. Jonathan Holger Bauer wrote: Sounds like noise to me. Check out your neighbourhood for interfering channels (you can do so for example by scanning with http://netstumbler.com/ for other accesspoint). Also other devices can interfere with wireless that won't be listed with netstumbler (like for example wireless home video transmitters; Check your environment for devices that might cause noise). Also maybe the wireless card of the client that is having issues is just crappy as another one works. Holger -Original Message- From: Jonathan Woodard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2006 1:30 AM To: support@pfsense.com Subject: Re: [pfSense Support] Wireless problems...spoke too soon Well, apparantly that didn't fix it completely. I can no longer get an IP from the wireless. Again, the AP connects fine but dhcp will not give me an IP. I tried with my laptop and it didn't work then i moved it closer and it gave me an address so I'm assuming is a range issue. However everything suggests that the range is very good to excellent. I walked farther away with my laptop and got an IP but the connections timed out several times when I tried browsing the internet. Again any suggestions would be appreciated. Btw, this is the card I'm using. It is an Atheros chipset. EDIMAX EW-7325IG PCI Wireless LAN Card - Retail Jonathan Scott Ullrich wrote: On 6/24/06, Jonathan Woodard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Well, I am able to get an IP with the desktop now so I would assume that fixed it. I would still like to know what was happening but if no one knows I'll be happy it works for now. :-) thanks for the quick help Scott. Let's just say there where some pretty obvious bugs with non ath cards. Scott - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Virus checked by G DATA AntiVirusKit - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [pfSense Support] Wireless problems...HELP PLEASE
I could still use some help with this. I have half of my network segregated off because of this and I really need them to all be on the same subnet. I know that there are no AP's in the area. And as I mentioned below the sluggish performance goes away when I unbridge the interface. LOL, however this defeats the purpose of what I'm trying to do. Thank you again for any help. Jonathan Jonathan Woodard wrote: I'm sorry to keep bringing this up but maybe this will help someone out later. Again, the AP interface was originally bridged to the LAN interface. I did this because I wanted my server 2k3 box to be the only dhcp server on the network. But, for testing, I took down the bridge and let pfsense do the dhcp for the AP. This made a very significant difference in the time it took for the desktop to get an IP aside from the fact that it got an IP at all. Traffic didn't start flowing however until I rebooted pfsense. Currently I have internet and can still get to other machines on the network however not with their dns name. I would be happy with this except it worked the other way at one point and I'd like it that way again. I notice that browsing the net is much smoother now that the interface is unbridged. Probably I'm missing something but I just wondered if it was a bug somewhere that during bridging traffic isn't getting routed/passed right. Upon Scott's advice I did a cvs_sync this morning so I assume I'm running the very latest build. As always I would appreciate very much your suggestions and comments. Thank you Jonathan Jonathan Woodard wrote: I also have a router that is on my workbench that is acting as a wireless client and it is also giving the same problems. I live in the middle of 3 acres in a very small town so I know there is no other AP's in distance. There is really nothing else here that causes a problem. When I turn my old netgear "b" AP on everything works great with it. The AP card might very well be crappy but it would surpsrise me since it's worked like a champ until now. Thank you for your suggestions however. :-) Any other advice I would welcome. Jonathan Holger Bauer wrote: Sounds like noise to me. Check out your neighbourhood for interfering channels (you can do so for example by scanning with http://netstumbler.com/ for other accesspoint). Also other devices can interfere with wireless that won't be listed with netstumbler (like for example wireless home video transmitters; Check your environment for devices that might cause noise). Also maybe the wireless card of the client that is having issues is just crappy as another one works. Holger -Original Message- From: Jonathan Woodard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2006 1:30 AM To: support@pfsense.com Subject: Re: [pfSense Support] Wireless problems...spoke too soon Well, apparantly that didn't fix it completely. I can no longer get an IP from the wireless. Again, the AP connects fine but dhcp will not give me an IP. I tried with my laptop and it didn't work then i moved it closer and it gave me an address so I'm assuming is a range issue. However everything suggests that the range is very good to excellent. I walked farther away with my laptop and got an IP but the connections timed out several times when I tried browsing the internet. Again any suggestions would be appreciated. Btw, this is the card I'm using. It is an Atheros chipset. EDIMAX EW-7325IG PCI Wireless LAN Card - Retail Jonathan Scott Ullrich wrote: On 6/24/06, Jonathan Woodard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Well, I am able to get an IP with the desktop now so I would assume that fixed it. I would still like to know what was happening but if no one knows I'll be happy it works for now. :-) thanks for the quick help Scott. Let's just say there where some pretty obvious bugs with non ath cards. Scott - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Virus checked by G DATA AntiVirusKit - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [pfSense Support] Wireless problems...HELP PLEASE
Thank you for the suggestion. However, the AP is a Atheros wireless card installed in pfsense as an AP. As an update, I have wiped the router since it appears that my log files were corrupted somehow. I'll be trying it again on a fresh install and maybe that will help. Any other suggestions are most welcome. Jonathan Ryan L. Rodrigue wrote: This is just one goofy man's opinion, but couldn't you connect your access point to a switch on your network instead of to your router. I realise this is not the most ideal meathod, but it is an alternative that should allow you to desegregate your network. Or maybe I am wrong and someone will tell me that. At the very least maybe an intelligent person may step in and give you the answer you are looking for. > Ryan "A Penny Saved is a Penny Taxed" -Original Message- From: Jonathan Woodard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 1:32 PM To: support@pfsense.com Subject: Re: [pfSense Support] Wireless problems...HELP PLEASE I could still use some help with this. I have half of my network segregated off because of this and I really need them to all be on the same subnet. I know that there are no AP's in the area. And as I mentioned below the sluggish performance goes away when I unbridge the interface. LOL, however this defeats the purpose of what I'm trying to do. Thank you again for any help. Jonathan Jonathan Woodard wrote: I'm sorry to keep bringing this up but maybe this will help someone out later. Again, the AP interface was originally bridged to the LAN interface. I did this because I wanted my server 2k3 box to be the only dhcp server on the network. But, for testing, I took down the bridge and let pfsense do the dhcp for the AP. This made a very significant difference in the time it took for the desktop to get an IP aside from the fact that it got an IP at all. Traffic didn't start flowing however until I rebooted pfsense. Currently I have internet and can still get to other machines on the network however not with their dns name. I would be happy with this except it worked the other way at one point and I'd like it that way again. I notice that browsing the net is much smoother now that the interface is unbridged. Probably I'm missing something but I just wondered if it was a bug somewhere that during bridging traffic isn't getting routed/passed right. Upon Scott's advice I did a cvs_sync this morning so I assume I'm running the very latest build. As always I would appreciate very much your suggestions and comments. Thank you Jonathan Jonathan Woodard wrote: I also have a router that is on my workbench that is acting as a wireless client and it is also giving the same problems. I live in the middle of 3 acres in a very small town so I know there is no other AP's in distance. There is really nothing else here that causes a problem. When I turn my old netgear "b" AP on everything works great with it. The AP card might very well be crappy but it would surpsrise me since it's worked like a champ until now. Thank you for your suggestions however. :-) Any other advice I would welcome. Jonathan Holger Bauer wrote: Sounds like noise to me. Check out your neighbourhood for interfering channels (you can do so for example by scanning with http://netstumbler.com/ for other accesspoint). Also other devices can interfere with wireless that won't be listed with netstumbler (like for example wireless home video transmitters; Check your environment for devices that might cause noise). Also maybe the wireless card of the client that is having issues is just crappy as another one works. Holger -Original Message- From: Jonathan Woodard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2006 1:30 AM To: support@pfsense.com Subject: Re: [pfSense Support] Wireless problems...spoke too soon Well, apparantly that didn't fix it completely. I can no longer get an IP from the wireless. Again, the AP connects fine but dhcp will not give me an IP. I tried with my laptop and it didn't work then i moved it closer and it gave me an address so I'm assuming is a range issue. However everything suggests that the range is very good to excellent. I walked farther away with my laptop and got an IP but the connections timed out several times when I tried browsing the internet. Again any suggestions would be appreciated. Btw, this is the card I'm using. It is an Atheros chipset. EDIMAX EW-7325IG PCI Wireless LAN Card - Retail Jonathan Scott Ullrich wrote: On 6/24/06, Jonathan Woodard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Well, I am able to get an IP with the desktop now so I would assume that fixed it. I would still like to know what was happening but if no one knows I'll be happy it wo
