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I have a ClearOS 7 box. I have a mini pci broadcom card installed in my ClearOS box. I was able to make hostapd work with wpa also. I cannot set the ip of the wireless adapter using the gui like I can for the other adapters because the option is not there, and trying to bridge it does not seem to work because there must have been something that is maybe not covered in the bridging tutorial.

I was able to make the br0 file, but adding the wired lan to it locked me out, and maybe because I did not understand the tutorial as it relates to my setup.
I was not able to even add the wireless interface to the bridge because I do not see a ifcfg-wlp5s0b1.

I am new to Linux, so please help me out. I have included a photo.
Monday, February 29 2016, 05:57 AM
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    Wednesday, June 01 2016, 11:11 PM - #Permalink
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    App-wireless is ready for testing in the marketplace. I've added error checking for valid SSID and passphrases. I also added lookups to attempt to properly identify your Wireless NIC that you want to use. You can connect it to the local RADIUS server or use it with a pre-shared key. I'm interesting in people testing it out and letting me know if they have success or problems before it is re-added to the ClearOS Marketplace.

    To install this beta version run the following from command line:

    yum install --enablerepo=clearos-updates-testing app-wireless
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    Tuesday, March 15 2016, 12:28 PM - #Permalink
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    If it works with the pkgs.org version and not the ClearOS version, then use the pkgs.org version. You've reminded me, the main reason I stopped using the USB WiFi NIC was because my son's iPad would not connect. Other devices seemed to be OK. I was experimenting with bridged connections and USB wireless. In the end it was not, in any case, ideal as I couldn't get the USB NIC in a sensible position to cover the house - one of the main problems with using a WiFi NIC in a server. It is dependent on the server location.
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    Monday, March 14 2016, 10:13 PM - #Permalink
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    OK I went and installed that build, and I was able to get it working. It does not seem to be stable. I was getting errors connecting with my phone. Then sometimes the connection just drops. I am unable to connect with my laptop at all. I just get an error that says I can't connect.
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    Saturday, March 12 2016, 08:58 AM - #Permalink
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    hostapd was also available from clearos-epel ("yum install hostapd --enablerepo=clearos-epel"). It is always worth checking the other, normally disabled clearos repo's first with something like "yum list hostapd --enablerepo=*".

    When I tried it before on 6.x, I am not sure app-wireless gave anything much - just the ability to start and stop the wireless (hostapd) from the webconfig. It was a while ago so my memory could be faulty. Perhaps someone else can say what app-wireless does?
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    Saturday, March 12 2016, 04:13 AM - #Permalink
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    I was able to setup the bridge and get wifi going. I was able to install hostapd from pkgs.org because when I used "yum install app-wireless", I got No package app-wireless available.
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    Sunday, March 06 2016, 03:05 PM - #Permalink
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    Get it configured as LAN device before you try to bridge it just to keep things simple. Perhaps if you don't see a ifcfg-wlp5s0b1, try creating one by cloning ifcfg-enp1s0f0 but use a different LAN subnet - say 192.168.20.1/24. Theh restart networking. Have you also got hostapd installed and configured. See here in PSK mode for an idea but configure as wlp5s0b1 and not br0.

    Do you know if your NIC supports Access Point/Master mode? Can you post only the relevant bit for your NIC from "lspci -k"
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