I am planning to buy the hAP ac² and was wondering if this set up is possible.
My current setup is a linux server running all needed network services with two ethernet ports (eth0, eth1) and a n/g wifi card running in ap mode (wifi0). Currently wifi0 and eth1 are bridged to br0. Eth0 is connected to a bridged modem with a static IP and is providing everyone connection to br0 with all needed for accessing the network and internet.
I would like to upgrade my old wifi to 5ghz and have some trouble finding a network card that can use any available port on my server and also has drivers with ap support. So I was thinking to get the hAP ac² and remove the old card. The new configuration would loose the wifi0 interface, eth0 would still be connected to the modem and eth1 would connect to the hAP.
I would like to know is it possible to configure hAP in a way that it works as a switch and ap, and that still enables my server to take care of everything (ip assignment, firewalling, internet,...) no matter if something is connected to hAP via ethernet or wifi?