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Hi all,
I'm searching study material on wireless controllers based on OpenWRT.
Does anyone ever worked on such kind of device?
I'm particularly interested in a schema where a generic computer can be used as controller, running a (somehow) modified version of OpenWRT, and several openwrt specialized devices --- like a TL-WA901ND --- work as lightweight APs.
Bump.
try opencapwap
Hi, sorry the late response.
I'm investigating opencapwap. But, unless I'm wrong, opencapwap is, now, a module to hostapd, not a complete wireless controller solution. Is it right?
MESHdesk, to a limited extent, can be considered a wireless controller for OpenWRT-based APs, though it specialises in mesh capabilities.
Back here... finally had time to try out MESHdesk.
Unfortunately, this is not what I need. MESHdesk will act as a central coordination point to the Mesh network, not as a central Access Point.
My problem is that we have a situation where several APs will be covering the same area, so users will roam from one of them to the others. We also want to offer a HotSpot with guest access, so we need a central, unique captive portal system.
Is this situation too much unusual?
I think you need some kind of captive portal solution.
Search wifidog and authpuppy.
Yes, I need it, but I need it ***out of the device***, because I need that users may roam from one device to other with no need to re-authenticate, understand?
RADIUSdesk - which provides the infrastructure for MESHdesk - runs an instance of CoovaChilli on the "controller" machine, which would suit your purpose.
If you choose the VM-based deployment, the basic VM already has all of these bits installed, in addition to having the two network adapters pre-configured.
To me, the true value of RADIUSdesk is that it incorporates a proper GUI to manage end-user credentials.
if you looking for management software try openwisp
You can try this Brazillian project..
it is a opensource controller
https://github.com/Sci-Fi
https://www.ubuntunet.net/sites/default … laudio.pdf
Lookup ubiquiti networks and the Unifi APs - these do what you need and the controller is FoC.
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