[TriLUG] Network configuration help?

[Joseph Mack NA3T via TriLUG]

On Mon, 3 May 2021, Brian McCullough via TriLUG wrote:

> Yes, for years, I used to use various machines running OpenBSD as my
> firewall machines, but more recently have switched to lower-power,
> lighter machines with OpenWRT as my primary outward-looking machines.

I have about half a dozen waps in various parts of the house running 
OpenWRT. I set it up about 7 years ago as it seemed to be the way to go. 
However WAP hardware is flakey and needs rebooting now and again and 
OpenWRT has its own distributionness, which I have to remember every time 
I mess with it. It's working so I'm not going to pull it down, but I would 
never do it again. I would use a PC style router with the same 
distribution I use on all my other machines and have WAPs only as bridges 
(ie a leaf node) and doing no routing.

I do have my OpenWRT machines with separate SSIDs for g and a and use the 
higher speed a links to relay from one part of the house to another.

Joe

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