Looking for an AP
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NekoLuka · 2023-09-26 15:32

Hi,

I currently have some old ubiqitui AP's, but I'm looking for something
more friendly to configure.

My specific demands for it are that it can be fully configured via SSH
and doesn't need any extra external controller to be running and runs
on 1Gb/s.

Does anyone know of something like this?

Thnx in advance.

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Plain-Tangerine3715 · 2023-09-26 16:18

I am also interested but I haven’t done much research. The first thing
I was going to try when the time comes to replace the APs is to flash
the unifi aps with Openwrt firmware and see how much I like that.  If
you haven’t considered that, take a look

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ElevenNotes · 2023-09-26 17:37

Build your own Wi-Fi AP with some hardware, some antennas and off you
go. IMHO I would keep using Unifi but whatever floats your boat.
pcengines has cheap boards to build your own access point with a few
MIMO.

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gabrielcossette · 2023-09-26 19:21

I love [Mikrotik](https://mikrotik.com).

It depends on your definition of "more friendly to configure" though.
But I believe it doesn't need an external controller for what you
want.

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adamshand · 2023-09-26 19:47

Mikrotik isn't particularly friendly, but you can do everything via
ssh, it's cheap, and can do just about anything.

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NekoLuka · 2023-09-27 05:46

Unfortunately the hardware only supports 100mb/s on the ethernet
connection, so it's not really an option for me