On 14.03.22 03:28, Atticus wrote:
AFAIK, OpenBSD doesn't support .11ac or .11ax at all, with only a very limited number of cards supporting Host AP mode. The only .11n ones I found being athn(4), bwfm(4), and ral(4). The (few) others that support Host AP mode only do so in .11g or .11b. In the future, I would take a look through section 4 of the manual pages, and search the mailing list archives, which could have told you this within a few minutes. I use (and I believe there are others on here who do as well) an external WAP, that handles only the wireless connections, with DHCP, routing, firewalling, etc., handled by a separate OpenBSD box, the WAP being used only as a bridge. For the OpenBSD hardware portion, you could try https://pcengines.ch <https://pcengines.ch> APU models, which run from around $130-$180 USD price point, and are well supported by OpenBSD. Unfortunately, they don't have any current stocking information other than "expected ~ 2022."
I looked at the hardware that was supported, but I forgot to check the wifi controller, I took that for granted, my bad. Thanks for the pcengine suggestion, but I have already a dedicated OpenBSD box as router/firewall. I just want to replace my access points. Last time I installed an access point (netgear) for my aunt, I had to create a cloud account to be able to access the config UI, this enraged me quite a bit, that's why I am scared to buy a WAP that I do not control. I live in a old farm with very thick stone walls and I currently have 8 WAP to cover all rooms. Anyway, thanks for your reply, I'll try to find a decent WAP. -- Nicolas Goy https://www.kuon.ch https://www.goyman.com
