I believe what I am trying to do is set up a wireless network (wifi?)
using a mini pc as an opnsense box
what im struggling to understand - is if I want to create a network ssid -- and use WPA2 encryption...
- I have 4 ethernet ports
- I want to connect my mini pc to my isp modem (as the gateway to internet)
- then I want my devices to connect to the opensense box - to have traffic go through the firewall and unbound using quad nine
https://docs.opnsense.org/manual/how-tos/interface_wireless_internal.html
do I need to install the addon Radius - in order to set up a network? (ssid: password for people to log in with)
do I need to do anything special in order for my mini pc to be used as a wifi router / connect things to it
Quote from: lumilumi on Today at 08:21:10 AMI believe what I am trying to do is set up a wireless network (wifi?)
using a mini pc as an opnsense box
what im struggling to understand - is if I want to create a network ssid -- and use WPA2 encryption...
- I have 4 ethernet ports
- I want to connect my mini pc to my isp modem (as the gateway to internet)
- then I want my devices to connect to the opensense box - to have traffic go through the firewall and unbound using quad nine
https://docs.opnsense.org/manual/how-tos/interface_wireless_internal.html
do I need to install the addon Radius - in order to set up a network? (ssid: password for people to log in with)
do I need to do anything special in order for my mini pc to be used as a wifi router / connect things to it
You should not use opnsense as a wifi access point. It can work, but its terrible. Get the proper standalone wifi access point and attach it to one of the ports.
I thought that wireless access points were by default a bit unsecure - do you have a reccommendation for one less than $100?
Quote from: lumilumi on Today at 09:13:44 AMI thought that wireless access points were by default a bit unsecure
You thought wrong. Access points from Ubiquiti or Grandstream have WPA3 and WPA3 Enterprise support. They also support per SSID VLAN segmentation and they can work with RADIUS authentication servers. And lets not even get into performance metrics and reliability.
There are several things you should never do with your opnsense box.
Use it as a soft switch.
Use it as an wifi access point.
Use USB devices on it.
Quote from: lumilumi on Today at 09:13:44 AM- do you have a reccommendation for one less than $100?
Grandstream GWN7604. Keep in mind that some of these devices are not shipped with power supply so you will need PoE injector or PoE switch.