Comment on Turning a mini-pc into a WiFi access point
floofloof@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Not all of these mini PCs have a wifi card in them even if they have the antennas for it. You might need to start by penning it to check whether the wifi antennas are connected, or whether you need to add a WiFi card.
I think OPNsense would do what you’re looking for. I use it on a mini PC as my router, but you can run it as an access point too.
I also use opnsense on a mini pc as a firewall, works great :)
Seems that using it for WiFi is a little iffy based on most of these comments though. The guide you linked also didn’t cover much info about hardware, and I can’t see Van-support either, so maybe I should just give in and buy a ubiquity one instead.
dukatos@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Intel AX200/210 cards do work on FreeBSD but people are having problems with it in AP mode, even on Linux. I didn’t try, but I planned to do the similar thing on NanoPi R5S with OpenWRT and gave up after the research.
Cort@lemmy.world 2 months ago
iirc anything after 802.11ac doesn’t allow AP mode on client devices. Something about not being able to scan for restricted channels in 5/6ghz