[pfSense] pfSense as an 802.11 access point

[Jim Thompson]

On Jan 13, 2012, at 8:24 PM, mdh wrote:

> Hey folks, a few quick questions.
> 
> 1> If I want to use pfSense as an 802.11g access point, does this work well?

It works well-enough.  It's not perfect, and there is no 802.11n support, currently.

> 2> Any specific suggestions on sub-$50 [USD] PCI or USB wireless cards for this purpose?  Any to stay away from?  External antenna strongly preferred.

My ability to contribute here is quite limited.

> 3> If I wanted to speed up WPA2/AES a bit for a larger number of connections, would a Soekris PCI crypto card be a good choice?  Would it be plug-and-play or would I need to change any configs to use it?  Would it need any changes to be used for other stuff (like OpenVPN, or other crypto-heavy processes)?

Most of the modern 802.11 chipsets have enough on-board crypto-processor to handle AES at full speed.

Jim