On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 12:10 PM Michael Torrie <[email protected]> wrote:
> > A long time ago I separated my router from my WiFi access points. I > just find it simpler to work with a Linux (or BSD) based router with a > real distro that I can set up with openvpn, my own DNS, dhcp (linked to > DNS for setting device names), web filtering, and NAT. Low-end NUCs or > similar machines are small and somewhat power efficient even if they are > more money than these consumer router devices. If your switches support > 802.1q VLANs, you can use just one ethernet port on the router mini > computer (gigabit probably) to simultaneously handle WAN (natted) and > LAN traffic. > > This is been an option that I have considered. Certainly has some appeal for me. Having more control over the whole system would be nice. > For WiFi I just use whatever decent home unit I like at the moment. Can > be easily replaced and I don't rely on any of its firmware features > other than WiFi itself. DHCP is turned off and I use only the LAN ports > on it to bridge WiFi onto the LAN. As long as the wifi stays up and the > connections to it are stable, I don't care much about the firmware and > its features. Suppose I should a bit, though. Don't want any windows > machines to hack it. > > I have been thinking of placing at least two in different areas of the house and this could work well for that. I use a fair number of Ubiquiti Nanostation M5s to do point to point > links to some out buildings. > > Currently, I only need to deal with access points within my house, but it is good to know there are external options if I ever need to do that. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
