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0 pointsdetaro4y ago0 comments

What does it even mean for an access point to be "compatible" with a specific OS on the router?

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Like the ability for the ap to understand how the vlans the router setup work. I’m still quite the network novice but it seems like if I wanted a bsd firewall -> managed switch -> wireless ap I would need to confirm some level of interoperability for decent performance?

detaroOP4y ago

That kind of interoperability has nothing to do with the OSes though if you straight-up configure things. VLANs are VLANs, regardless if it's Linux, Windows, BSD, Cisco, ... on the other end of the cable. (And if you expect some kind of automatic configuration sync etc the answer is in reverse "doesn't work unless you buy everything from one vendor", for that part there is little standardization)

kemotep4y ago

That is good to know. Far too many guides I have read for home networks are for single vendor network stacks and despite that never being the case at any of my jobs.

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kemotep4y ago

detaroOP4y ago

kemotep4y ago

That is good to know. Far too many guides I have read for home networks are for single vendor network stacks and despite that never being the case at any of my jobs.

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