cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16959253

I got this AP for free, and had some fun trying to configure it, and I decided to look at the inside of this thing. It has a PowerPC processor, pretty cool!

It is a Cisco Aironet 1131AG

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It’s an old AP from around 2007, I managed to get the latest firmware thanks to some guy on the Internet Archive (thank god they exists) ! ( https://archive.org/download/cIOS-firmware-images/ )

  • Possibly linuxEnglish
    4•9 months ago

    Why something that old? WiFi standards move on and so does security.

    However, if it isn’t Broadcom you probably can get OpenWRT running

    • KraftingOPEnglish
      3•9 months ago

      Why not, old hardware can ne really cool you know! It’s not for running 24/7 of course, just to sée what once was a cool and expensive product

      • Lalit-Sharma101
        0•2 months ago

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      • Possibly linuxEnglish
        -4•9 months ago

        Not for WiFi. You can get a cheap WiFi 5 device that will work way better. Just flash Openwrt to a supported device and you are golden.