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Installing pfsense on Company Network
I would greatly appreciate some tips and advice on how I can replace my company Router with pfsense. I will explain the network infrastructure shortly.
The Network Setup is as follows
ISP connects to &...
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pfsense firewall with 2 networks each with their own APs. One network wifi works fine, the other does not. Hardline for both work fine
Apologies if this sort of question has been answered before. Saw lots of great stuff on SU, but not my scenario.
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I have a pfSense firewall running 2 DHCP servers, each assigned to a different ...
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pfsense - slow connection to internet from wired network but not from wireless/wifi
summary: internet speed tests indicate that the connection to the internet from my wired network is very slow, while speed tests from a device on my wifi network gets the expected (much faster) result....
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Unifi guest hotspot: "Redirect using Hostname" but no DNS?
I have a Unifi UAP-AC-LR access point and wanted to setup the guest portal for friends. It sort-of-worked on my phone, but didn't work on my laptop. I think it had to do with the self-signed cert/...
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Can't get Ubuntu virtual machine connected to virtual router through VMware
I'm running a virtual router through VMware that has a two virtual NICS connected to it. A bridged NIC for the WAN side to connect directly to the internet and a NIC for the LAN side. I have two ...
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Does pfSense in access point mode support WPS clients?
TL;DR: I would like to connect a wifi client which supports only WPS to a pfSense running in access point mode. Is that possible, and how?
I am in the process of replacing my ISP provided router with ...
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Bridging a WIFI adapter in AP mode to a VM
Linux Mint, using hostapd I have a wifi adapter set up in AP mode. I have bridged a VMware virtual network to this wifi adapter and connected it to a VM running pfsense.
Devices can connect to the AP ...
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How many clients can a regular WAP (wireless access point) connected on a PC running PFSENSE can handle?
I am planning to connect 1000+ client on one wireless access point through a Desktop running pfsense, no one will connect to the internet it's just for local stuff only (media server).
Is it even ...
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Isolate wifi network LANs from each other while sharing same WAN
Please find an illustration of my network setup here:
I want to ensure that the devices connected to each of the three WiFi networks are completely isolated from each other.
Ideally, there should ...
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Using pfSense - iPhone connections keep dropping from WiFi
pfSense version: 2.4.4-RELEASE-p3 (amd64)
WiFi adapter: D-Link DWA-556 (running in HostAP mode)
Internet: xFinity bridged to pfSense (pfSense carries the public IP on the WAN interface)
Once I set up ...
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Pfsense openvpn cannot reach a remote private IP via tunnel
I am trying to reach to a private ip address on a specific port from my production network.
1) I connect from my home to production network via openvpn(configured on pfsense), gets IP 192.168.4.31
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No Internet access to guest SSID with dedicated 802.1Q VLAN
I have a firewall (Pfsense).
I have a managed switch (TP Link TL-SG108E.)
I have a wireless access point (TP Link TL-WA801ND.)
The firewall (Pfsense) has 1 Ethernet port with four sub interfaces.
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iPhone states it has IP address A. Access point says iPhone has IP address B. What gives?
I have an iphone, a unifi AP and a pfsense router. I set pfsense to give out static IP addresses. My iPhone is supposed to receive 10.12.1.144.
Well according to my iPhone, the Ip address it ...
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Bandwidth Cap Guest Wi-Fi to 75 GB?
I need to set a bandwidth cap on my guest Wi-Fi. I am not trying to limit the bandwidth speed, I already know how to do that, that's not what I'm asking for.
I need to cap them after 75 GB, I need to ...
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Pfsense on Xenserver between modem and WIFI router
Im trying to set up pfsense at home. I have spent several hours setting this up but it is going nowhere . here is what I want to achieve:
I have pfsense vm running.
Internet --> cable modem --> ...
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