Wi-Fi adapters for OpenWRT

cizra , 3 hours ago

Why not just running hostapd, and dispensing with qemu/OpenWRT?

user_naa OP , 2 hours ago

I want to have a web GUI for network management

breadsmasher , 5 hours ago

WiFi adapter as in a receiver (which you want to instead use to broadcast)?

Or do you mean a WiFi router?

If the former, this seems reasonably recommended based on a cursory search

www.tp-link.com/uk/home-networking/…/ue300/

forum.openwrt.org/t/…/160103

but I can’t see this specifically as a supported device. It might mean you will need to run OpenWRT as the OS and use the dongle as the wifi part?

openwrt.org/toh/start

user_naa OP , 5 hours ago

I mean PCI-E adapter for Wi-Fi broadcasting. Our can I use any adapter with OpenWRT?

breadsmasher , 5 hours ago

Gotcha. So heres how to run it in QEMU (apologies if you know this bit already)

openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/virtualization/qemu

However I am struggling to find documentation on supported PCIE cards.

…wi-cat.ru/List_of_OpenWrt_firmware_supported_dev…

When I have read a few forum topics it seems like as long as there is a linux drivers available, and you can pass the wifi card from host to guest OWRT it should work?

forum.openwrt.org/t/…/135187

Specifically I think you will need to look for an adapter which supports changing the mode it runs in, from receiver to Access Point (AP)

user_naa OP , 5 hours ago

As I know every laptop Wi-Fi module support AP, so I think PCI-E cards should too

breadsmasher , 5 hours ago

Couldn’t comment on whether all are supported, best of luck though!

edit - this isnt sarcastic - truly I hope it does work for you!

krolden , 5 hours ago

Pretty much anything that has good comparability with Linux.

I believe I remembered this netgear adapter working well for WiFi ap mode www.amazon.com/…/B0B94R78N7 but I have yet to try it myself