<matthewcroughan>
apu4 isn't really waterproof, slim, or cheap
<matthewcroughan>
for the price of that, I can get 10 archer c7v2's
<hexa->
then do that
<matthewcroughan>
or 40 orange pi 3's
<hexa->
or that
<matthewcroughan>
the orange pi 3s are looking like the best option so far
<matthewcroughan>
the archers are the perfect hardware, but just can't run NixOS, I want a middle ground :D
<aleph->
matthewcroughan: Ah yeah by apu2 I just mean the apu4
<matthewcroughan>
maybe we can use the orange pi's more like provisioning nodes or something
<matthewcroughan>
a flake which implements a systemd service which implements the deployment..
<matthewcroughan>
little watchdogs
<hexa->
unifi ac mesh are probably the purrfect hardware though :)
<hexa->
but they won't run nixos either
<matthewcroughan>
we need better!
<matthewcroughan>
all wifi stuff is either too embedded or too expensive
<hexa->
i'll gladly repeat: if you want to *mesh* (802.11s mesh point), you want one of ath9k (802.11n atheros), ath10k (802.11ac wave1/2 qualcomm/atheros), mt76 (802.11ac wave1/2 mediatek)
<hexa->
let's take a raspberry pi, it has broadcom wifi
<hexa->
it lists station and ap as supported modes