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Best "just works" mesh router for open wrt? (lemy.lol)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I currently have a mesh (wired) google wifi setup but want to switch so something... not google. Preferably wifi 6 but I don't need anything insane.

Cheap is good but I also want to be able to basically ignore it for the next 10 years.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Mesh in this case means one wifi network visible to wireless devices with multiple nodes broadcasting it. In my case both nodes are connected via ethernet.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

If all nodes are connected through ethernet to each other (or at least one common node) you could go for OpenWRT's 'Dumb AP' setup as well

Edit: Already mentioned here; https://feditown.com/comment/1980836

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

in my understanding that won't handle roaming between APs as good as a mesh setup. OpenWRT has a special wifi setup for that