I saw NetworkChuck’s YouTube video about setting up a travel router using RPI w/ openWRT. I was wondering if I can do the same with a X86 mini PC (I presume it can)? A friend of mine is lending me his mini PC to tinker (and hopefully give it for free).
[SkyBarium Mini PC Windows11 AMD Athlon Gold 3150U, Mini Pc 16GB DDR4 RAM + 512GB NVMe SSD 4K@60Hz]
I am aware it has single NIC and it is okay since I plan to use this for connecting to public wifi and not by ethernet cable
My plan is exactly the same as NC’s video: I want to install OpenWRT to that mini PC and act as my wifi router when traveling. Currently checking and searching whether the wifi card inside is an Intel one or RealTek and purchase an USB wifi adapater later on. My networking/home server knowledge is very noob so following exactly the guide, can this be doable? Can I just install it bare metal or is it really recommended to do via container?
I also have a HP Thin Client T630 on hand which I currently have UnRaid OS on (for learning these stuff purpose). I can maybe install a wifi card to this and usb wifi adapter too?
Appreciate your guidance and yes I just love AMD CPUs for no reason.