On Wed 30.Nov'16 at 10:26:32 +0100, Peter N. M. Hansteen wrote: > On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 08:09:24AM +0000, C. L. Martinez wrote: > > I would like to install OpenBSD on a HP Microserver Gen8 to act as a > > firewall and hostap. I am searching what components I need and I have a > > doubt about what wireless interface I need to buy to use it as a hostap > > under OpenBSD. > > The Microserver Gen8s are really nice machines for the application you > describe, once you set the disk controller to something sensible (as > previously reported). > > When it comes to your primary question I don't have a good answer, but in > case those boards are not suppurted it's worth keeping in mind one other > option: get the highest quality access point or 'wireless router' you can > afford, configure it as access point only (no dhcp or routing, leave that to > the OpenBSD tools) > I agree. Microserver Gen8 is a fantastic box to deploy this type of scenarios. My idea is to buy a SSD drive, configure this harddisk as RAID0 in B120i and fire up OpenBSD ..
I prefer to avoid to buy an access point. I can wait best support and data rates from OpenBSD side in future releases ... -- Greetings, C. L. Martinez
