I have my AP’s setup and all I need now is sine sort of firewall appliance. I am
hopping to make it run openwrt as that’s what I’m used to using. I’m looking at
a nanopi but they seem expensive and overpowered to me. Is there a cheap
alternative?
A “free” option if you have some PC hardware lying around is to run OPNsense/pfSense instead of buying a dedicated box. I say “free” since it will use more power and require more time to configure and manage.
Alternnatively, I ran one of TP-Links AX consumer router/AP combos for several years and it was solid. Even had an OpenVPN server built in. I can look up the exact model if you’re interested.
A “free” option if you have some PC hardware lying around is to run OPNsense/pfSense instead of buying a dedicated box. I say “free” since it will use more power and require more time to configure and manage.
Alternnatively, I ran one of TP-Links AX consumer router/AP combos for several years and it was solid. Even had an OpenVPN server built in. I can look up the exact model if you’re interested.