Hi, On Sun, Nov 13, 2016 at 06:30:47PM -0800, J Mo wrote: > First, with respect to OpenWRT's past achievements; OpenWRT is now > developmentally dead. Nearly all of it's contributing developers forked a > new "LEDE Project" 6-8 months ago. I would advise you to go over to the LEDE > Project forum or dev mailing list.
So regardless of what one chooses, it might be the wrong choice. > As someone else mentioned; if you want to go commercial, Ubiquiti is pretty > awesome for small businesses. Aruba is good but probably too expensive (you > should check). Avoid anything Cisco (Expensive AND crap AND poor support). Cisco has the advantage that knowledge of their gear is commercially exploitable for me. > If you are running a small business and just want a handfull of WAPs with > enterprise-like capability, and you have the technical capability to do it, > I would advise you to just build your own from LEDE source and go with an > ipq806x-based system. > Models include: > > Netgear R7500 v2 (avoid the v1) > Netgear R7800 > TP-Link Archer C2600 (WARNING: No console, TP-Link is no longer > hacker-friendly) > TRENDnet TEW-827DRU (I am the dev for this device) > Linksys EA8500 > Zytel NBG6816 (Looks awesome but code isn't quite ready yet, check back in 2 > months) Those devices are all around 200 Euros which is the like the same price range as the ubiquity. I might be conservative but I think that a device with visible, adjustable antennas might have the better RF properties than the nice-to-look-at Ubiquities. Can OpenWRT/LEDE do what I want it to do, RADIUS, WPA Enterprise and Multi-SSID and mapping-wise? Is there a nice front end to configure that, is it nicely documented or do I need to figure everything out myself? > >- 802.11n in the 2.4 GHz band, 802.11ac in the 5 GHz band (or better), > > simultaneously > >- Sufficient and good antennas so that the WLAN range is acceptable > > even in a difficult building with lots of drywall > >- 802.1q support on the Ethernet > >- Multi-SSID-Support > >- Support für WPA2 Enterprise with an external RADIUS server > >- Support for RADIUS Attributes allowing the RADIUS server to specify > > which VLAN a certain client should be mapped into after connecting to > > the same SSID. > >- Support for RADIUS Attributes telling the Accesspoint to disconnect > > a user after a pre-defined amount of time. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Leimen, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 6224 1600402 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 6224 1600421 _______________________________________________ openwrt-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openwrt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-users
