No clustring or hotspot they also not needed for home i guess Limit up to 50 ip's and 32000 concurrent connections at a time My hardware spec is dual core 1.66 + 4gb ram 80 gb hardiskĪstaro has one advantage over others is it have free avira antivirus + clam av free I have ISP modem in bridge mode -> astaro gateway (dialer i created in astaro) -> router for wireless You can use the distros settings to setup a 'guest' AP or Isolate clients. Stay away from broadcomm they have just started releasing drives OpenSource so support can be non-existent. Other good ones are: Atheros, Intel (hit or miss), and Ralink. The One I mentioned above does support master mode and has drivers. Ethernet to USB does work.Ĭhose a distro that supports WiFi APs, or patch one that doesn't (Untangle can be patched) and find a WiFi card that can support master mode and has drivers for linux. What does this do? Gives you the benefits of having a hardware firewall and NAT as well as giving you an easy way to have WiFi.Ĭons: Need two (2) ethernet ports. Also disable NAT (it's provided by the new router box instead). Find the settings for ip address and DHCP, Disable the DHCP server (so it doesn't conflict your new routers server) and have this router receive an IP from your new 'router' box. 192.168.0.1) and log in (default is normally admin - admin or admin - no pass). Access the router's config via it's ip address (i.e. After it's setup and hooked up to the modem via Ethernet hook up your normal 'plastic' router. Setup the distro you chose as per your preferences. Setup #1 (With wireless router - you will need two (2) ethernet ports) Again only the last three support wireless AP. There are more but these are the ones that worked for me. Good option, works well and supports WiFi cards for wireless AP's. OpenBSD (As you mentioned) - Essential OpenBSD you just set it up as a router.ĭD-WRT - Can run on x86 based systems. Found it a littler more limited than Untangle.

Great options for security and good app selection. What you need to look into is what distro you want to use: The best one I have used is an Alpha WiFi card with 9Dbi Antenna. ISP -> Router -> Wireless router -> computersġ) The good router distros don't support WiFi AP's.Ģ) Using an off the shelf WiFi card is not that great for an AP.

Untangle firewall use wild cards