i just got some new micro pc,
n100, 8gb ram, 256 gb ssd, fanless, 2 lan, wifi6.
that thing has to get openwrt on it, the question is,which one
its a pure router mpc, to replace the asuswrt merlin,i loved to use,as it cannot handle vpn speeds higher then 256mbit, and is the bottleneck, for 1gbit and vpn.
as my mainOS is a linux mint mate, i try to get a encrypted version,to some degree on it. so,whichever openwrt counts as save ,would be fine.
my idea so far,
(https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/23.05.2/targets/x86/64/) /
but from, there no clue, combined i guess but -efi or not,
what i need from it
-remote access via browser, aka 192.168.2.1/index.. sorta
-gui of course
-several vpn connections, preconfig, to use ,like if A is not connecting,use B
-wanblock if vpn is down,and none of them are connected successfully
-password access
-wlan access locked to PW users, no guests or so
basically a asuswrt merlin just for this new toy, with 9 watt.. (yes those n100 are great)
can it do it?which version would get the most out of it, and what else would it need, unsure.iam open for sugestions.
thanks ,i will try that -efi version then,but whats with that wifi issue,can you elaborate? or point me to a tread to read about it. (less work for you)
Well, you aren't really specifying the exact hardware you got, but…
If it has WLAN included, there's most likely a single card in a single M.2 slot, one radio, one channel - while we'd usually expect concurrent 2.4+5.0 GHz operations from a wifi-router these days (two radios needed), if not 2.4+5.0+6.0 GHz (three radios). (Yes, DBDC cards exist and muddy the waters a bit).
That out of the way, most of these mini-PCs seem to ship with either Intel (ax200 or ax210) or realtek wireless cards, neither of which would be suitable (intel doesn't support AP mode, especially not on >2.4 GHz - and the driver situation for realtek tends to be even worse).
So unless you have rather 'unexpected' hardware, it has no usable wlan capabilities (I may be wrong, of course) - so you will (likely) need some other hardware ("AP" or wifi router in (dumb-)AP configuration, either of which may run OpenWrt) in addition, to deal with the wireless side of things.
x86_64 or ARMv8 SBCs (RPi, rockchip, sunxi, etc.) give you high performance and fast routing, but they're not really sensible choices to include wifi-AP functionality. It's usually best to outsource this aspect to more traditional 'plastic' APs/ routers running OpenWrt as well.
oh the wlan is a ax 210 chipset card,i didnt know that the openwrt cant handle those, i wanted to avoid to dump a linux on it,and remote a openvn just to get the job done..
It's not so much OpenWrt, the ax210 hardware can't do that and Intel explicitly and very intentionally disables the possibility of AP mode (other than 2.4 GHz, ch1-11) from it (in firmware). While the card support 2.4 GHz XOR 5 GHz XOR 6 GHz, that wouldn't be any good in an AP anyways, as there you'd need all three (or at least two of those, 2.4+5.0 GHz) concurrently --> three AP-mode-capable cards.
Previous routing performance won’t really matter in AP mode. It’s not WiFi 6, but it’s a start until you get the new x86 router working the way you want.
so basically .. fritzbox (wan) then the mpc, and as AP the asus behind? and then the network? to simply disable the vpn function on the asus,and just use it as AP..or get a usb wlan for the mpc that works better(whichever you suggest)
do i get this part right?
Look at devices like the dap-x1860, covr-x1860 or wsm20 (each in the ~15-20 EUR range) for cheap 802.11ax APs, not high-end, but reasonable for the purpose. There are a couple of threads for either of these.
thanks,i will get a couple of those (as my whole linux pcs use ax 210 cards.. ), and replace them with those, its not about cheap, that whole mpc was cheap, 170 .3 years waranty.. so, yes i replace those ,or look for equal internal card,thank you