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proxmox+pfsenseVM or just plain pfsense
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this post was submitted on 11 Jun 2023
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I bought the Intel Celeron n5105 from some vendor called wooyi store on AliExpress, from what a saw on yt that CPU is a little overkill for a router and it uses too much idle power, but I think it was a good purchase for me bc I don't plan to switch this router soom. Edit: I'm also thinking between using the onboard wifi card or just buying an wifi AP to use at home, do you have some recommendations?
Yeah the n5105 looks like a nice little processor. I also liked that those boards come with the i226-V 2.5GbE controller.
For myself, I really wanted wifi 6e and something able to mesh (for the happy wife factor) so I recently purchased the TP Link Deco. It should arrive in a week or so.
Personally, I would have preferred to setup OpenWRT for a nice mesh but for some reason there are no Wifi 6 ones yet let alone 6e.
Wifi Mesh is where you basically have multiple access points having the same ssid, right?
Yes. And the devices also should be able to pass you between nodes for optimal reception.
This can be done by openwrt too, with the right hardware.
Hmm, you can use openwrt as an "dumb" mesh access point? I tried to set it up as a router once, but wasn't happy with how things work there. Might give it a chance again. Any hardware recommendations?