The first step of getting Wi-Fi setup is enabling the interface. Wi-Fi setup in pfSense – Enable Interface We took that card and antenna setup from the SG-4860 1U and transplanted it into the desktop SG-4860. We are going to enable the adapter, setup Wi-Fi in AP mode, then bridge the WLAN network to the LAN network so devices can talk between the two networks.īefore we get started, here is a quick picture of the wireless adapter we are using from pfSense: pfsense SG-4860 Wi-Fi card Today we are going to show the easy setup of Wi-Fi with pfSense. With all of that power comes a bit more configuration to get up and running with Wi-Fi. pfSense offers some great features such as being able to host a Wi-Fi network for guests outside of the main firewall, even using a different public IP to NAT behind. Since the pfSense appliance has significantly more functionality and configurability than a typical SOHO security appliance, it is also slightly more involved to setup.

One of the appliances, the desktop pfSense SG-4860 appliance has built-in Wi-Fi expansion providing 802.11 a/b/g/n. Recently we have been testing a number of pfSense appliances. PfSense Wi-Fi Setup Wi-Fi interface AP settings

Pfsense wireless access point