Re: [OpenWrt-Users] Hardware recommendation for Access Point with WPA Enterprise

2016-12-01 Thread Marc Haber
[found an unfinished message in the drafts folder] On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 08:27:58PM +0100, Mirko Parthey wrote: > On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 10:18:27AM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > > > The switch chips in consumer access points come with some limitations, > > > you should check if they can meet your

Re: [OpenWrt-Users] Hardware recommendation for Access Point with WPA Enterprise

2016-11-22 Thread Mirko Parthey
On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 10:18:27AM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > > The switch chips in consumer access points come with some limitations, > > you should check if they can meet your requrements: > > - They only support a small number of vlans, a typical limit is 15. > > Does that mean that the VLAN

Re: [OpenWrt-Users] Hardware recommendation for Access Point with WPA Enterprise

2016-11-22 Thread David Lang
On Tue, 22 Nov 2016, Marc Haber wrote: On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 06:50:35AM -0800, David Lang wrote: On Tue, 22 Nov 2016, Marc Haber wrote: As I noted earlier, most current switches don't have this limit. But older switches (and many current switches in their default startup mode) have a limit.

Re: [OpenWrt-Users] Hardware recommendation for Access Point with WPA Enterprise

2016-11-22 Thread Marc Haber
On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 06:44:33AM -0800, David Lang wrote: > On Tue, 22 Nov 2016, Marc Haber wrote: > >On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 11:34:48AM -0800, David Lang wrote: > >>On Fri, 18 Nov 2016, Mirko Parthey wrote: > >>>- Their ports can only be configured to carry either a single untagged > >>> vlan,

Re: [OpenWrt-Users] Hardware recommendation for Access Point with WPA Enterprise

2016-11-22 Thread David Lang
On Tue, 22 Nov 2016, Marc Haber wrote: On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 11:34:48AM -0800, David Lang wrote: On Fri, 18 Nov 2016, Mirko Parthey wrote: >- Their ports can only be configured to carry either a single untagged > vlan, or a number of tagged vlans, but not both simultaneously. I'll argue

Re: [OpenWrt-Users] Hardware recommendation for Access Point with WPA Enterprise

2016-11-22 Thread Marc Haber
Hi Mirko, thanks for sharing your knowledge. I appreciate that. On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 08:29:02PM +0100, Mirko Parthey wrote: > On Sun, Nov 13, 2016 at 05:23:06PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > > - 802.1q support on the Ethernet > > The switch chips in consumer access points come with some

Re: [OpenWrt-Users] Hardware recommendation for Access Point with WPA Enterprise

2016-11-18 Thread David Lang
On Fri, 18 Nov 2016, Mirko Parthey wrote: On Sun, Nov 13, 2016 at 05:23:06PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: - 802.1q support on the Ethernet The switch chips in consumer access points come with some limitations, you should check if they can meet your requrements: - They only support a small number

Re: [OpenWrt-Users] Hardware recommendation for Access Point with WPA Enterprise

2016-11-18 Thread Mirko Parthey
On Sun, Nov 13, 2016 at 05:23:06PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > - 802.1q support on the Ethernet The switch chips in consumer access points come with some limitations, you should check if they can meet your requrements: - They only support a small number of vlans, a typical limit is 15. - Their

Re: [OpenWrt-Users] Hardware recommendation for Access Point with WPA Enterprise

2016-11-16 Thread camden lindsay
> > 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

Re: [OpenWrt-Users] Hardware recommendation for Access Point with WPA Enterprise

2016-11-15 Thread Stefan Monnier
> Do they support my RADIUS, multi-ssid and user-to-VLAN-mapping wishes? AFAIK RADIUS and user-to-VLAN-mapping should work "anywhere" by OpenWRT, even on the cheapest thingies (as long as there's enough RAM/Flash/CPU to handle it), since it's a "simple matter of coding". So the main question is

Re: [OpenWrt-Users] Hardware recommendation for Access Point with WPA Enterprise

2016-11-15 Thread Marc Haber
Hi, On Sun, Nov 13, 2016 at 01:24:08PM -0800, Christ Schlacta wrote: > I've had good luck with ubiquiti's hardware. Some of it has lasted me ten > plus years, and the built in firmware all has community driven support > including wpa eap tls & friends. Their firmware is also based on openwrt, >

Re: [OpenWrt-Users] Hardware recommendation for Access Point with WPA Enterprise

2016-11-15 Thread Marc Haber
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

Re: [OpenWrt-Users] Hardware recommendation for Access Point with WPA Enterprise

2016-11-13 Thread J Mo
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. As someone else mentioned; if you want

Re: [OpenWrt-Users] Hardware recommendation for Access Point with WPA Enterprise

2016-11-13 Thread Christ Schlacta
I've had good luck with ubiquiti's hardware. Some of it has lasted me ten plus years, and the built in firmware all has community driven support including wpa eap tls & friends. Their firmware is also based on openwrt, though I think they may have diverged enough to call it proprietary. They