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I have been looking into this exact route. You sound like you have experience with this, so maybe you could give some recommendations: a. How critical is it to

by ghoul2 6y ago

I have been looking into this exact route. You sound like you have experience with this, so maybe you could give some recommendations: a. How critical is it to use such dedicated hardware - could I use a RPI4 with an added usb3-gigabit eth adapter? (I don't need a wired lan, only a wifi one). How much worse would that be compared to the hw you link? b. Which AP would you recommend? I think the Ubiquity AP lite one is reasonably low cost - are there better options with similar cost?

Naac 6y ago
I'm not expert but I'm happy to share my learnings. a. Running everything over a USB3 hub would probably work, you would just be looking at decreased total throughput ( depending on the hub ). Depending on what you're doing ( vlans ) the pi processor might become a bottleneck. b. Most Wireless APs are mediocre and run some proprietary firmware ( including Ubiquity ). Personally I just got the cheapest one that supported my bandwidth requirements, and blocked if from being able to communicate with the internet ( the one I got would reach out to some AWS compute instance for who knows what ). Other than that they all kind of work the same. I know people who like the Ubiquity one because of it's nice UI.
- ghoul2 6y ago
  Thank you. Could you please link me to the specific AP you picked? As an aside - this would make a good writeup if you had the time. Theres very little good info on this - at least that I could find.
  - Naac 6y ago
    I personally use shorewall on an Espressobin ( though any multi-port computer works ). The guide I followed is here: https://blog.tjll.net/building-my-perfect-router/ https://blog.tjll.net/building-my-perfect-router/ ( BTW, I would not recommend the espressobin if you want gigabit speeds ) I can't find the one I got originally, but any wifi AP works, like amzn.com/B010S6SG3S Just get one for the approximate bandwidth you want to support.

by ghoul2 6y ago

Naac 6y ago

I'm not expert but I'm happy to share my learnings. a. Running everything over a USB3 hub would probably work, you would just be looking at decreased total throughput ( depending on the hub ). Depending on what you're doing ( vlans ) the pi processor might become a bottleneck. b. Most Wireless APs are mediocre and run some proprietary firmware ( including Ubiquity ). Personally I just got the cheapest one that supported my bandwidth requirements, and blocked if from being able to communicate with the internet ( the one I got would reach out to some AWS compute instance for who knows what ). Other than that they all kind of work the same. I know people who like the Ubiquity one because of it's nice UI.

ghoul2 6y ago
Thank you. Could you please link me to the specific AP you picked? As an aside - this would make a good writeup if you had the time. Theres very little good info on this - at least that I could find.
- Naac 6y ago
  I personally use shorewall on an Espressobin ( though any multi-port computer works ). The guide I followed is here: https://blog.tjll.net/building-my-perfect-router/ https://blog.tjll.net/building-my-perfect-router/ ( BTW, I would not recommend the espressobin if you want gigabit speeds ) I can't find the one I got originally, but any wifi AP works, like amzn.com/B010S6SG3S Just get one for the approximate bandwidth you want to support.