I would assume that if you use IPFire as Router, you control all network settings via your IPFire setup. Does it matter how “intelligent” your other network equipment is? I may of course be wrong, but when looking to extend and enhance my Wifi, I am leaning towards as stupid AP’s as possible, wit…

OK, I do not use onboard Wifi cards, I was referring to something like this: [image] or the one I use now [image] that I am to replace with two other “more stupid” devices. If I can find them, or just throw in anything with 802.11ac, which is enough.

for a family member I converted an old Asus RT-N66U router (I think it is not in production anymore), which has the possibility to install an opensource firmware and can be set very conveniently in bridge mode. Had it for years and has always been very reliable. The only complain I have is that the…

I know what you refer to. OpenWRT. I am familiar with the RT-N66U. ASUS RT-N66U ASUS RT-N66U Devices with Broadcom WiFi chipsets have limited OpenWrt supportability (due to limited FLOSS driver availability for Broadcom chips). Consider this when choosing a device to buy, or when deci…

[image] SecCon: With OPenWRT I just add lots of functionality I wont use… No, it is not openwrt. Quote from the link: Asuswrt is the name of the firmware developed by Asus for use on all their recent routers. It was originally based on Tomato, and got extensively modified by Asus over the …

Ohh, ok. Sorry. I thought OpenWRT was kinda “the” standard to go for custom firmware. I am an Asus Prosumer, how did I miss that…

[image] SecCon: maybe this: https://www.amazon.de/-/en/MikroTik-RBwAPG-5HacD2HnD-BE-wAP-4-core-710/dp/B08S7D1QMJ maybe you could consider a completely different category of products. A range extender. As far as I know, those are quite dumb, basically already in bridge mode. A friend of mine …

You do seem to have a thing for large antennae…? :laughing:

[image] cfusco: Maybe you can find a similar asus model, which supports the open source firmware . I second this though. Anything that supports OpenWRT. You can not count on firmware updates from the manufacture. With OpenWRT you can get WPA3 support.

A range extender still needs an existing wifi to hook up on and … extend. I am finding getting another one of these the simplest and cheapest option since it is what I have already [image] and it is small enough for where I need to put it, plus PoE. [image] UISP airCube Home WiFi Access …

[image] SecCon: A range extender still needs an existing wifi to hook up on and … extend. it’s a fuzzy marketing-based categorization. Many products defined as range extenders have also an AP capability. [image] SecCon: And there it is OpenWRT latest release supported: nice.

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