USB Wifi - C0ntr07/Firewalla-Information GitHub Wiki

Being 2020 I was surprised that the Firewalla Gold doesn't come with wireless capability to make is a wireless access point. I wanted to see how easy it is to add that function.

A free USB port in the front, a little bit of Linux magic and et viola. A Firewalla Gold Wireless Access Point.

sudo apt install wireless-tools
sudo apt install hostapd
sudo echo -e  'interface=wlan0\ndriver=nl80211\nssid=Firewalla Gold WiFi\nhw_mode=g\nchannel=1\nmacaddr_acl=0\nauth_algs=1\nignore_broadcast_ssid=0\nwpa=2\nwpa_passphrase=XXXXXXXXXXX\nwpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK\nwpa_pairwise=TKIP\nrsn_pairwise=CCMP' | sudo tee /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf
sudo sed -i 's/\#DAEMON_CONF\=\"/DAEMON_CONF\=\"\/etc\/hostapd\/hostapd\.conf/' "/etc/default/hostapd"
sudo systemctl unmask hostapd
sudo systemctl enable hostapd
sudo service hostapd start
sudo brctl addif br0 wlan0

My current challenge is how to add the wireless adapter as another network. Maybe someone from Firewalla Engineering can give me a pointer, hint, or clue (please).

This was a fun thought-experiment and part of my what-else-can-I-do-with-my-Firewalla. More to come.