After a hardware upgrade I ended up with a spare mini pc. Noticed these two icons and thought I might be able to use it as a WiFi access point with VLANs using OPNsense.

Is that possible? If so, what do I even need to buy to plug into there?

I don’t need it to do any fancy dhcp, dns or firewall stuff, I just need a WiFi access point with support for VLANs.

  • Shimitar@downonthestreet.euEnglish
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    4 days ago

    opnSense and WiFi don’t play too well due to limited BSD WiFi support.

    OpenWRT is a much better choice for an AP.

    At least make sure the WiFi on the minipc is supported by opnSense before attempting that…

    • elyviere@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      4 days ago

      I don’t mind which software, I could absolutely use openwrt instead. Assuming I do, which hardware might I need?

      • Shimitar@downonthestreet.euEnglish
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        4 days ago

        I only used OpenWRT on netgear (arm) hardware… So for x86 I have no idea, but they have great forums you can lurk or inquire…

        It should support all WiFi chipsets supported by Linux.