I followed ArsTechnica suggestion and built a home server/wireless router from a minipc, so far it's been great. I got the machine from HYSTOU, on aliexpress,

I followed ArsTechnica suggestion and built a home server/wireless router from a minipc, so far it's been great. I got the machine from HYSTOU, on aliexpress, it partially matches your requirements: - two gigabit ethernet ports - an AP capable intel wifi card - 2 sata ports and multiple mPCIe - i5 processor, overkill for a router but useful for a home server - 2 ram slots In addition, several niceties like 2HDMI ports and digital audio if you also want it to be a media center, several USB3 ports for printer or storage sharing and an SD slot for automatically archiving your photos when you get home with a card full of pictures! It's been running with debian Jessie with 100+ days of uptime now :) Jeff Atwood's article on the "scooter computer" also encouraged me to explore this path, I recommend checking it out. 0: http://arstechnica.co.uk/gadgets/2016/01/numbers-dont-lie-its-time-to-build-your-own-router/ http://arstechnica.co.uk/gadgets/2016/01/numbers-dont-lie-it... 1: https://blog.codinghorror.com/the-scooter-computer/ https://blog.codinghorror.com/the-scooter-computer/