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Pfsense, Opensense and OpenWRT - what's the deal? (slrpnk.net)
submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Hiya, just getting into networking and recently completed my Tp-link Omada stack, which I'm very pleased with. Have heard great thing about all three mentioned services above, but struggle to understand which to go for. Do they have different use cases? Is one easier than the other? Which one is recommended to begin with?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Open vs closed solutions

I also like how OpenWRTs implementation of 802.11r doesn't require any central controller

Edit: the closed solution I'm referring to it TP-link

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What’s closed about OPNSense?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

My bad I was talking about TP-link

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Are there any "open" solutions to mesh networking that can compare to TP-Link Omada? I don't think any open source hardware or software can come close, especially not for the newer Wi-Fi standards.

I haven't bought them yet, but I'm seriously thinking about some Omadas. I imagine I can prevent them from phoning home, and the management software can run locally in a Docker container. Running it like that would be good enough for me even though they're not "open."

I'm planning a rework of my home Wi-Fi, and my current plan is an OPNsense box from Protectli, and a few EAP772's:

https://www.tp-link.com/us/business-networking/omada-wifi-ceiling-mount/eap772/

If there's something comparable/better that's more of an open ecosystem, you definitely have my attention while I'm shopping around for different options.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

802.11s + 802.11r

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Ok.... sure. But what physical devices would I use, and what software would they run?