Wireless

[stanps]

I'm looking for fire up wireless using a box with OpnSense on it.  it'll be separate from my firewall.  I've used OpenWRT in the past, but I've always ended up bricking my unit, probably because I forgot which image I used originally and used a different/wrong image with subsequent updates.  Not sure if you've ever checked their download image lists, but it seems like there are HUNDREDS of different images for a single version of the software.  For this reason alone, I want to try an OpnSense wireless interface, but there's also the interface familiarity.

I've read that MediaTek is most compatible hardware acceleration and wifi 6.

So focusing on MediaTek, I was looking at this interesting little kit.  Any thoughts?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0G5JW186G

[passeri]

Do you mean an AP to attach to an interface on an existing Opnsense box?

At face value you are asking to run Opnsense on an ARM A53. How would you propose to do that with proven software?

[stanps]

Do you mean an AP to attach to an interface on an existing Opnsense box?

At face value you are asking to run Opnsense on an ARM A53. How would you propose to do that with proven software?

LOL  Okay, I guess I missed the ARM A53 aspect of that box.

[pfry]

Also, the wireless radio support. There are a few, but very few for later 802.11 revisions. Then you can get into wacky compatibility issues with Intel radios. Not saying it's impossible to set up, but dedicated hardware is generally easier.

[nero355]

Any thoughts?

Browse this topic a bit : https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=50561.0

IMHO there are plenty of interesting options mentioned there :)

[stanps]

Thanks for the input!  I'll check it out.