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.

  • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
    21·
    2 days ago

    Better hardware is not a VM in Proxmox. You want quality gear with each component doing one job.

      • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
        11·
        1 day ago

        I does though since there is the added overhead.

        You want hardware that is designed for networking. Networking pulls the CPU away from other things. It might be fine if you only ran a router in Proxmox but that’s about it.

        Also, good wireless hardware is needed for any decent speeds. You want good antennas connected to hardware that has MU-MIMO. It is also important to pay attention to the Wireless version. (You want at least WiFi 5 if not 6)

        • MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          1·
          21 hours ago

          True, modern hardware can easily route 10gbps or more though so for most of us that won’t be an issue. Often OpenWRT on consumer routers struggles to route even 1gbps.

          I agree on the external AP, that is needed.