A micro pc with opnsense / Pfsense.
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Great for a firewall, not so great for a wifi access point. Lots of people running opnsense are also running openwrt on a dedicated access point.
Can you recommend an affordable (read readily available used) micro pc that is suitably spec’d for pfsense? I had a look at the Protectli 4Ports but they’re somewhat outside my budget and overkill for my needs. Appreciate your time.
Basically those and things like them. There's a bunch of different models on amazon if you just search for mini firewall. Maybe the protecli fw2b? I think mine is made by qotom
If that's overkill, ddwrt is probably the next best thing I guess?
Thanks for your input. I may need to bite the bullet some time soon. I’m dubious of the to good to be true, no name offerings from the usual e-commerce sites. Hmm.
You could try this. I have two of these (16GB 512GB version) arriving in the post today. They're on offer currently.
Appreciate your suggestion. Cheers.
If you want to keep comparable capability and are ok with flashing a new firmware you might like a Netgear (R8000) - AC3200
I run tomato on mine, I have network segmentation, VLANs, all the goodies
I would honestly suggest any router on this list that meets your needs
https://wiki.freshtomato.org/doku.php/hardware_compatibility
Linksys anything tends to be pretty good in my experience