Not sure if this 100% goes here but I’m relatively new to the self hosting world. Please advise if this needs to be moved elsewhere and I will.

I recently picked up a beelink mini PC and have been running Proxmox for things like jellyfin, home assistant, etc.

I’m looking to set up OpenWRT and found a helper script that sets up the VM but I’m having issues being able to configure wireless. According to the official docs, wireless is off by default if there are eth ports. When I go to edit it, both in the LuCl and in the /etc/config/wireless file, I hit 2 issues:

  1. The web client doesn’t have a wireless option.
  2. There is no wireless file In the config directory.

I tried looking for some solutions online but wasn’t sure what was exactly specific for me. I wasn’t sure if this was a hardware issue or a Proxmox/OpenWRT config issue. Any advice on this?

Side note: My thoughts were I could use the internal wi-fi adapter for wireless but would I need a USB adapter of some sort for this capability?

Edit: I realized later I left some context off. In case i wasn’t clear enough. Sorry. Currently I use a Google nest wifi pro router and was hoping to replace it with OpenWRT for more control/customization.

  • roofuskit@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    2 days ago

    If you’re going to dive in to openwrt from google wifi you should probably start with ready made hardware.

    https://forum.openwrt.org/t/best-newcomer-routers-2024/189050

    Please keep in mind that to duplicate mesh functionality it’s going to take a significant effort and you need to make sure the hardware you buy is compatible with 802.11s. Open WRT forums have hardware compatibility rundowns of known working routers so it’s not too difficult to find them.

    This is a much bigger uphill battle rolling your own hardware unless you just plan to buy a separate access point or two for hardware and skip the mesh functionality.

      • roofuskit@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 day ago

        If you plan to do it on openwrt I would make sure before you buy. Especially if you’re trying to save on the mesh nodes and not buy a fully outfitted router for each node.