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Title: Recommended WiFi 6 802.11ax network card for PCI-Express x4,x16 or PCI or USB
Post by: datorexpert on December 18, 2024, 08:43:41 PM
Hi!
Is it possible to setup Opensence as an AP?
If yes, what card would you recommend?
Slot options: PCI-Express x4, PCI-Express x16 or PCI
Would prefer WiFi 6 802.11ax, please.
If not, than WiFi 5, thanks.
Title: Re: Recommended WiFi 6 802.11ax network card for PCI-Express x4,x16 or PCI or USB
Post by: lilsense on December 18, 2024, 08:48:06 PM
why not just run OpenWRT or any other flavor AP system?
Title: Re: Recommended WiFi 6 802.11ax network card for PCI-Express x4,x16 or PCI or USB
Post by: Patrick M. Hausen on December 18, 2024, 08:58:20 PM
Quote from: datorexpert on December 18, 2024, 08:43:41 PMIs it possible to setup Opensence as an AP?

Possible? Yes.

Quote from: datorexpert on December 18, 2024, 08:43:41 PMIf yes, what card would you recommend?

Recommended? No.

Don't and save yourself a lot of work and trouble that will finally just make you get a dedicated AP device or a system running e.g. OpenWRT, anyway. FreeBSD is notoriously bad at WiFi infrastructure mode - and I am a FreeBSD evangelist ;-)
Title: Re: Recommended WiFi 6 802.11ax network card for PCI-Express x4,x16 or PCI or USB
Post by: muchacha_grande on December 18, 2024, 09:29:24 PM
Quote from: Patrick M. Hausen on December 18, 2024, 08:58:20 PMand I am a FreeBSD evangelist

You deserve an applause for this phrase, but with this new blog I think we can not applause anymore.