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?

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      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

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        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.

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          9 months ago

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

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            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?

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              9 months ago

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

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                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.

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          9 months ago

          I think this is the part I was missing thanks