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Turning a mini-pc into a WiFi access point (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by elyviere@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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After a hardware upgrade I ended up with a spare mini pc. Noticed these two icons and thought I might be able to use it as a WiFi access point with VLANs using OPNsense.

Is that possible? If so, what do I even need to buy to plug into there?

I don't need it to do any fancy dhcp, dns or firewall stuff, I just need a WiFi access point with support for VLANs.

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[-] elyviere@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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 VLAN-support either, so maybe I should just give in and buy a ubiquity one instead.

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