On Mar 14 01:52:15, k...@goyman.com wrote: > I use OpenBSD for all my network gears except wireless access points.
Same here. > My current access points are getting old and I'd like to replace them. > I did a bit of researches and there are quite some boards > supported by OpenBSD, but I cannot find one that tick all my boxes. To be sure: you want to replace a dedicated HW AP (such as a TP-Link) with an OpenBSD box to be your AP? I used to run that with athn(4) in an ALIX, or more recently with athn(4) in an APU, but a cheap-o TP-Link gadget still beats that, in my experience: faster and more reliable. Of course, you have a separete non-opnebsd box to care about. But once isolated to do just the AP'ing, I have had no problems. On Mar 13 21:28:26, grobe...@gmail.com wrote: > I use (and I believe there are others on here who do as well) an external > WAP, that handles only the wireless connections, with DHCP, routing, > firewalling, etc., handled by a separate OpenBSD box, the WAP being used > only as a bridge. Yes. > For the OpenBSD hardware portion, you could try https://pcengines.ch APU Yes. > > If you don't mind having a small Linux machine running Java 8 Surely that is well beyond the realm of sane requirements for running an AP ... > Aren't unifi AP notorious for phoning home? Well, I can deny them > outside access. I actually have a linux server with java for my kids' > minecraft world, so I can use that. The controller is only required to > be running for configuration changes? I guess that could work. On Mar 14 17:37:26, stua...@longlandclan.id.au wrote: > > Aren't unifi AP notorious for phoning home? > Mine are sitting on a largely isolated VLAN for management purposes. Are you logging the blocked traffic of them calling home? Have you looked at what they are trying to do? (Just curious.) Jan
