I am currently in the market for some wireless access points and thought I’d get some suggestions here first. I am currently using some old eero pro’s as access points with a firewalla router. The firewalla isn’t old and I am happy with it so I am not looking to replace it with something at this time.

Are there suggestions for more privacy focused networking equipment? Or is that just a dumb question to ask?

  • rckclmbr
    46·
    9 months ago

    All these openwrt folks have never hears of opnsense or what?

      • rckclmbr
        2·
        9 months ago

        APs don’t run openwrt though. Openwrt is for a home router/firewall and AP combo. AP is just the wifi part and plugs into a router

        • dot20@lemmy.world
          2·
          9 months ago

          AFAIK you don’t have to use it as a router. If you configure all the interfaces to LAN it should just act as a switch/AP combo.

          • rckclmbr
            1·
            9 months ago

            At that point why not just use a ubiquiti/microtik ap though?

            • jet@hackertalks.comEnglish
              1·
              9 months ago

              Maybe they just want to play with open WRT? Maybe they have extra hardware that they want to use as access points?

              • rckclmbr
                1·
                9 months ago

                OP literally said they were looking for APs to use with their router/firewall

                • PeachMan@lemmy.one
                  1·
                  9 months ago

                  They said they were looking for privacy-focused, open source options. So get a Unifi AP and flash OpenWRT on it, and that fits the bill.

          • rckclmbr
            1·
            9 months ago

            I think this is the part I was missing thanks