On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 1:23 PM, William Bulley <[email protected]> wrote: > Here is the graphic: > > +-----+ +----------+ +-----+ > | | | | | ~ > | ISP | <-> | m0n0wall | <-> | LAN ~ > | | | | | ~ > +-----+ +----------+ +-----+ > 10.0.0.1 > > +-----+ +----------+ +-----+ > ~ | | soekris | | | > ~ LAN | <-> | 4801 w/ | <~~> | T42 | via 802.11g > ~ | | pfSense | | | > +-----+ +----------+ +-----+ > ^ 10.0.0.33 10.0.0.34 > | > v > +----------+ > | | > | desktop | > | | > +----------+ > 10.0.0.11 > > The LAN is split across two lines for readability (I hope). > > All the above boxes (save for the ISP) are FreeBSD boxes. > > On the Soekris 4810 (running pfSense 1.2.1) the only wire > attached is the LAN ethernet (sis0) which is attached to > my local LAN (along the the FreeBSD desktop as shown). > The connection to the wireless laptop (T42) is via 802.11g > (OPT2 which is ath0) and everything works except the most > important thing - I can't get packets through the Soekris. :-( >
Time for tcpdump to see what it is that's failing, and where. Run it on your ath0 interface and sis0, and see what's happening on the wire. Is ARP failing, or does that succeed and something else fails, or? > Any pointers or suggestions would be appreciated. Is there > a better way to turn the OPT2 (ath0) interface into an access > point (hostap) that is more straightforward than what I have? > That's exactly how I have one of my APs configured, and is how I would recommend doing it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
