On 3/28/22 1:52 PM, Eric Thomas wrote:
I'm trying to determine if a WiFi AP is compatible with OpenBSD. For example, checking the [Wireless FAQ's]( https://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq6.html#Wireless), I don't see whether the chipset used by the [UniFi Access Point WiFe 6 Pro]( https://dl.ui.com/ds/u6-pro_ds.pdf) is compatible or not.
Pure access points are just network bridges between a wired network and the wireless network. There's no more "OpenBSD compatibility" with the AP than there is with network switches or cable. Nothing on the network sees the "chips" in the AP directly, just a hopefully coherent radio signal. That being said, there are lots of different ways APs are configured, in the old days, it was with a serial cable, but that was too difficult for many people, so they made it worse with "simpler" tools. But again, not an OpenBSD issue, unless those "simpler" tools require Windows. Now, if you mean, "Does this computer with a wireless NIC in it work as an AP under OpenBSD", just get an pure Access Point and attach it to your OpenBSD box, and call it a day. You can spend a lot of time and effort making a wireless NIC work as an AP, only to find out it doesn't do a very good job at it, and your router is not in a good place for your access point anyway.
I want to know if I need use a particular [switch]( https://store.ui.com/collections/unifi-network-switching/products/usw-lite-16-poe) to plug the WiFi AP into, or whether I can plug the WiFi AP directly into the OpenBSD server.
If the AP needs Power over Ethernet, you need a PoE switch or a PoE injector. If it has some other way to get power and you don't have anything else needing PoE, just do that...again, not an OpenBSD issue. Nick.
