Welcome Jason!!
My answer in line:
On 5/16/21 1:12 PM, Jason Gauthier wrote:
> >>> With LibreMesh is it possible to continue using my own router?
> I have a
> >>> Cisco ASA that I am somewhat partial to and I don't want to stop
> using
> >> it.
> >>> I couldn't find anything (obvious) in the docs on how if this
> scenario
> >> was
> >>> possible.
Sorry for that, the documentation is a fragmented in various places...
Every contribution is most welcomed!
> > Thanks for your repsonse. I don't want my ASA to be part of the mesh
> > network, just act as my edge router. If I can do that, I'll give
> libremesh
> > a try, for sure.
> My ASA is already my DHCP server, so if I can disable it with libremesh
> it should work. My desired setup is as simple as you made it sound,
> except I want 2-3 libremesh devices. I'll try it out and see. Off to
> research good, but affordable, compatible routers. Thanks!
This can be achieved compiling LibreMesh *without* selecting the
"lime-proto-anygw" package (but I never tested this scenario).
Then, you should connect a LAN port of your router with a LAN port of a
LibreMesh node (very bad idea unless lime-proto-anygw is deselected!!).
Oh, okay. great! I was planning on building it myself anyway for the experience and fun of it. I will keep that in mind.
Otherwise, I would use one of these and replace my router, and leave
"lime-proto-anygw" enabled on the build.
I used to use openwrt some years ago on a linksys. and while it did work, I struggled with various problems.
If I had some stable hardware and stable openwrt, then I would not be opposed to swapping my ASA completely. I have a lot of port-forwards but those are easy to reproduce.
If that is the direction I go, I will need to really think about which hardware choices to make. One for the 'edge', other's for just AP/switches.