Replacing router with OpenWRT on Proxmox

[peregus@lemmy.world]

I've never virtualized OpenWRT, but with hardware passthrough I don't see why it shouldn't work.

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[just_another_person@lemmy.world]

I'm gonna LOL the absolute fucking fuck out of this.

Try it. You have no understanding at a minimum of how it works not only at a hardware level, but at a virtualized level.

I'm absolutely sure you're going to be the brilliant mind who fixes the problem though. See you next Tuesday!

[mangopenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

If thats what your needs are. But proxmox has nothing to do with the hardware being better.

[mangopenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

Yeah start with pass through, without that no physical hardware will show up inside the VM

[atun@lemm.ee]

If you do the PCI passthrough Wifi adapter to openwrt, look for name of adaptor and search okpg for in kernel driver for that. Maybe you will face with no driver support, try installing openwrt pre-relase for up to date driver support, or driver only support client mode, Intel Wifi.
You can get cheap USB Wifi adapter from Aliexpress that openwrt support but mostly have only one radio so your access point will have one 5Mhz or 2.4Mhz not both at the same time. you can try two adaptor to get both.
For supported Wifi adapter and more information https://github.com/morrownr/USB-WiFi?tab=readme-ov-file

[vividspecter@lemm.ee]

Compared to other embedded devices, ease of installation, less chance of driver quirks and much higher performance (especially relevant if you're running a VPN on the same device).

Compared to other x86 software based routers, a UI that is familiar, and the Linux kernel which generally means it gets new features quicker than its BSD based counterparts.

[possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip]

I does though since there is the added overhead.

You want hardware that is designed for networking. Networking pulls the CPU away from other things. It might be fine if you only ran a router in Proxmox but that's about it.

Also, good wireless hardware is needed for any decent speeds. You want good antennas connected to hardware that has MU-MIMO. It is also important to pay attention to the Wireless version. (You want at least WiFi 5 if not 6)

[mangopenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

True, modern hardware can easily route 10gbps or more though so for most of us that won't be an issue.

I agree on the external AP, that is needed.

[umbrella@lemmy.ml]

you can simply use passthrough. openwrt acts like any other minimal linux distro.

[umbrella@lemmy.ml]

id use a pci express or better card with AP mode.

i use a similar setup than what you want and it works well, you just want to make sure you use passthrough for the wireless and wired cards, and use the correct wifi card.

[just_another_person@lemmy.world]

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[umbrella@lemmy.ml]

whoops i meant to respond to another comment

[mvpts@lemmy.world]

Wow this comment is so unnecessarily hostile..

Im speechless.