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Is the solution then to use an x86 PC for home routing? I have been considering doing that. What's a good distro for this particular purpose? As it happens I bo

by chx 11y ago

Is the solution then to use an x86 PC for home routing? I have been considering doing that. What's a good distro for this particular purpose? As it happens I bought a fanless i3 5005U from aliexpress a week ago mostly as a media player but also as a vague "I need something silent and server-ish" thing.

jlgaddis 11y ago
Small Atom boards with multiple Intel NICs are absolutely awesome for this. I prefer OpenBSD myself but if you're looking for something with a pointy-clicky web interface, slap pfSense on it and call it a day.
ofutur 11y ago
x86 is great if you want to go full UTM with your firewall and need a couple of VPN connections. These "apps" need CPU and RAM. As mentioned above, check out pfSense and OPNsense.