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Turning a mini-pc into a WiFi access point (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by elyviere@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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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.

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[-] Shimitar@downonthestreet.eu 4 points 1 year 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.

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