Replacing router with OpenWRT on Proxmox
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GL.Inet for an OpenERT hardware set. I recommend them all the time.
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I would make sure the adapter you're using (internal or USB) supports AP mode. Most intel ones don't: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000030429/wireless.html
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You want a dedicated Firewall and at least on access point. Your USB adapter is not designed to support lots of devices. It almost certainly has one channel.
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I will definitely check this out. Sounds really promising from the quick glimpse and most importantly, adorable.
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Adorable?
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Back in the day I ran a pfsense VM on ESXi before broadcom bought them. I found it easier to just purchase a cheap Unifi AP and spin up a VM for the Unifi controller app (I'm assuming you can still run that on your own hardware, its been a few years). I think I got a UAP 6 lite or something like that. If I recall it was about $130 CAD with the PoE injector.
Techincally its not ideal to run your firewall on the same device as other things, but I never had any issues.
Also, does the mini PC have multiple NICs? You will have a bad time if it does not.
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It can be used as a VPN router, any VM that needs a VPN can be connected to a network bridge that is forward through the VPN. This could also be done on the primary router and a VLAN.
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For just an AP, I've used a number of the GL-AR300 and they've been fine as AP and repeaters, but only 2.4 GHz. I have no interference issues where I am so that's fine for me, but if you're somewhere populated, YMMV.
They also have the full firewall/router set on them, but I generally don't use them for that.
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These days almost all hardware is compatible with 802.11s
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If you plan to do it on openwrt I would make sure before you buy. Especially if you're trying to save on the mesh nodes and not buy a fully outfitted router for each node.
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I've never virtualized OpenWRT, but with hardware passthrough I don't see why it shouldn't work.
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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!
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If thats what your needs are. But proxmox has nothing to do with the hardware being better.
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Yeah start with pass through, without that no physical hardware will show up inside the VM
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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 -
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.
