If it could be Linux (if) consider also Mikrotik stuff. No need to run any java-driven "controller", you can use shell or its internal webserver to manage. And last but bot least - use of the cloud services (hovewer offered) is not required. I'm not sure if it's officially reselled to Switzerland, but there are many online distributors in Europe f.i. Germany etc.
Regards Tomasz pon., 14 mar 2022, 06:03 użytkownik Stuart Longland < stua...@longlandclan.id.au> napisał: > On Mon, 14 Mar 2022 03:43:01 +0100 > Nicolas Goy <k...@goyman.com> wrote: > > > I looked at the hardware that was supported, but I forgot to check > > the wifi controller, I took that for granted, my bad. > > > > Thanks for the pcengine suggestion, but I have already a dedicated > > OpenBSD box as router/firewall. I just want to replace my access > > points. > > > > Last time I installed an access point (netgear) for my aunt, I had to > > create a cloud account to be able to access the config UI, this > > enraged me quite a bit, that's why I am scared to buy a WAP that I do > > not control. I live in a old farm with very thick stone walls and I > > currently have 8 WAP to cover all rooms. > > Yeah, that seems to be the latest fashion, "let's require a > cloud-hosted server to control a device on your network critical for > security of said network". Given how well consumer routers' firmware > seems to be written, I don't hold a lot of faith for security when they > decide to host that rubbish publicly. > > If you don't mind having a small Linux machine running Java 8 (yes, I > know), Ubiquiti UniFI APs aren't bad, but I can well understand the > desire to avoid such a dependency. The silver lining I guess is the > Linux machine could be a virtual machine running atop an OpenBSD host > on-premise and "powered off" unless configuration settings need to be > made. > > The other approach would be to look for something that runs OpenWRT, > either as an after-market OS or out-of-the-box. Yes it's still Linux, > but the source code is available (like OpenBSD) and the user interfaces > are all _local_. > -- > Stuart Longland (aka Redhatter, VK4MSL) > > I haven't lost my mind... > ...it's backed up on a tape somewhere. > >
