bubblegumpuma

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[–] bubblegumpuma@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

What this person means by "using the same UI for your router and AP" is that by installing OpenWRT on both your virtualized wired router and your Wi-fi access points, you don't have to learn two different web UIs to configure networking. If you have an existing wireless setup that you don't really want to screw with that doesn't have OpenWRT already, then that doesn't really apply.

[–] bubblegumpuma@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago
[–] bubblegumpuma@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Most of those Aliexpress vendors ship with no RAM and no OS as a significantly cheaper option anyway, so many of the people who are buying that hardware are just grabbing their own OS in the first place, I'd think. It's certainly what I'd do if I were in the market for one of those 150 dollar firewall boxes.