Comment on Pfsense, Opensense and OpenWRT - what's the deal?

• ubergeek77@lemmy.ubergeek77.chat ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Are there any “open” solutions to mesh networking that can compare to TP-Link Omada? I don’t think any open source hardware or software can come close, especially not for the newer Wi-Fi standards.

  I haven’t bought them yet, but I’m seriously thinking about some Omadas. I imagine I can prevent them from phoning home, and the management software can run locally in a Docker container. Running it like that would be good enough for me even though they’re not “open.”

  I’m planning a rework of my home Wi-Fi, and my current plan is an OPNsense box from Protectli, and a few EAP772’s:

  www.tp-link.com/us/business-networking/…/eap772/

  If there’s something comparable/better that’s more of an open ecosystem, you definitely have my attention while I’m shopping around for different options.

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  • possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    802.11s + 802.11r

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    • ubergeek77@lemmy.ubergeek77.chat ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Ok… sure. But what physical devices would I use, and what software would they run?

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      • possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/network/…/80211s

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      • anamethatisnt@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Software: OpenWrt - openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/network/wifi/roaming Devices: Supported devices found here - openwrt.org/toh/start?toh.filter.supportedcurrent…

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