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[?]roman » 🌐
@hi@romanzolotarev.com

is it possible to build something like this travel router, but running ?

https://www.gl-inet.com/en-eu/products/gl-e5800

  • lte/5g
  • wifi access point
  • with full control over dhcp server
  • wireguard
  • battery powered

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    [?]kajer » 🌐
    @kajer@infosec.exchange

    @hi I have that hardware at work... It's legit awesome.

    OpenBSD would be :chef's_kiss:

      [?]pesco » 🌐
      @pesco@bsd.network

      @hi wifi hostap (performance) might be an issue, not sure about drivers for LTE/5G modules. can't imagine the other points being terrible. battery life might be suboptimal but okay would be my guess.

        [?]Aaron Bieber » 🌐
        @qbit@mammothcirc.us

        @hi a few of the gl.inet devices can run openbsd! WiFi is probably spotty tho

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        [?]Stefan Sperling [he/him/his] » 🌐
        @stsp@bsd.network

        @qbit @hi The rpi4 has working WiFi via bwfm(4). Adding a second ethernet port would require USB but that might be fine for this use case.

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          [?]Stefan Sperling [he/him/his] » 🌐
          @stsp@bsd.network

          @qbit @hi Though an openbsd laptop with a USB-tethered phone for 5G network might be a more realistic option than any embedded-style arm CPU system.

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            [?]oxy ~ *|* ~ » 🌐
            @oxy@social.bsdlab.au

            @stsp @qbit @hi I was thinking of getting one of those Mudi 7 due to the recent urndis commits but i hadnt considered that gl.inet stuff might be able to run OpenBSD directly...

            Interesting!

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              [?]roman » 🌐
              @hi@romanzolotarev.com

              oh, that might actually work!

              now i need to find out how to add a wifi access point to my thinkpad t14 gen 3 or x1 gen 5. both intel.

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                [?]Stefan Sperling [he/him/his] » 🌐
                @stsp@bsd.network

                @hi In theory the Intel chips can do hostap mode with some restrictions. A 2GHz only AP would be possible but someone (not me) would have to write the diffs.

                  [?]𝙹𝚘𝚎𝚕 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚊𝚝 ♑️🤪 » 🌐
                  @joel@gts.tumfatig.net

                  @hi I generally use the "share" option from my (i)phone. It exposed it WiFi to (multiple) device(s) and works pretty well.

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                  [?]roman » 🌐
                  @hi@romanzolotarev.com

                  maybe i just need to find a way to run a local ns server or somehow control dhcp server of the hotspot...

                  i want to access all my devices by their static ip address or local dns name...

                  right now everytime i reconnect hotspot all devices obtain new ip addresses and it's painful to re-connect them and talk to each other

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                    [?]𝙹𝚘𝚎𝚕 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚊𝚝 ♑️🤪 » 🌐
                    @joel@gts.tumfatig.net

                    @hi oh, ok. I thought you just wanted Internet access while on the road.

                    An option for your need could be mDNS but… OpenBSD doesn’t have great native support for it.

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                    [?]Aslak Raanes » 🌐
                    @aslakr@mastodon.social

                    @joel @hi You mean something like github.com/haesbaert/mdnsd ?

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                      [?]𝙹𝚘𝚎𝚕 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚊𝚝 ♑️🤪 » 🌐
                      @joel@gts.tumfatig.net

                      @aslakr yeah, I tried it, I think. But I don’t remember the exact reasons I dropped it.

                      @hi

                        [?]Aaron Bieber » 🌐
                        @qbit@mammothcirc.us

                        @hi @joel tailscale is a fantastic tool that solves these issues :D - you can self host a control instance with headscale too.

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                          [?]roman » 🔓
                          @hi@romanzolotarev.com

                          running on gl-e5800 would be cool!
                          maybe someday i'll try it :)

                            [?]sid77 » 🌐
                            @sid77@infosec.exchange

                            @hi Doesn’t look that far fetched:

                            • lte/5g

                            USB dongle? Bit of hand wave here, I don’t know what’s OpenBSD support in this area

                            • wifi access point ✅

                            Assuming compatible usb dongle

                            • with full control over dhcp server ✅

                            • wireguard ✅

                            • battery powered

                            Raspberry PI + battery, reading battery status probably not supported by OpenBSD but shouldn’t be too hard to read what the hat sends through gpio

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