Enable true bridge mode for AT&T U-Verse and pfSense (this is a fork of an original repository https://github.com/aus/pfatt. Since it is not available anymore, I'll do my best to maintain a copy for people that still need a bypass)
# wait until wpa_cli has authenticated.
WPA_STATUS_CMD="wpa_cli status | grep 'suppPortStatus' | cut -d= -f2"
IP_STATUS_CMD="ifconfig ngeth0 | grep 'inet\ ' | cut -d' ' -f2"
/usr/bin/logger -st "pfatt" "waiting EAP for authorization..."
immediately under the last line (after waiting for EAP...), add the following
sleep 5
/usr/sbin/wpa_cli logon >/dev/null 2>&1
I observed in testing that the ont sends out a "username......." request about every 30 seconds. Depending on timing, this may extend the boot up process by that long. By issuing the login command, it jumpstarts the eapol auth process almost immediately. The sleep 5 is there to allow the system time to bring up the interface.
This applies to either of the *sense flavors.
In the script, in the following section;
immediately under the last line (after waiting for EAP...), add the following
I observed in testing that the ont sends out a "username......." request about every 30 seconds. Depending on timing, this may extend the boot up process by that long. By issuing the login command, it jumpstarts the eapol auth process almost immediately. The sleep 5 is there to allow the system time to bring up the interface.