Another successful OpenBSD setup

I’ve been buying these little boxes from AliExpress for years to use as firewalls and routers. My oldest one is almost 9 years old now! OpenBSD installs just fine. Just a BIOS tweak to always boot up after power is restored.

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  • droans@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 months ago

    It’s usually considered a poor idea to use it also as an AP.

    The location usually isn’t great for your WiFi and there are better tools for the job.

    • 7Sea_Sailor@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      8 months ago

      Is location the only reason to not use it as the AP? If I had a larger house I’d agree, but as I live in a small apartment, the current router location can easily serve the entire flat, so that is no concern right now.

      • LifeBandit666@feddit.ukEnglish
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        8 months ago

        I picked up a 7 year old Netgear modem/router on eBay that has replaced my ISP modem/router. The WiFi is better, and I can port forward without taking all the cables out of the back (yeah that’s a thing with the ISP one) and forward traffic through my Adguard DNS. Well worth the £25 I bought it for.

        Also if it starts annoying me I can throw OPENWRT on it and play with that instead.