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: [email protected] 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: [email protected] >>> 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] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
