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Jeff is showcasing his compute boards again, but for everyone else the stock Rpi4 with a cheapo USB3 Ethernet adapter works just great and can almost fully satu
by Nux 5y ago
Jeff is showcasing his compute boards again, but for everyone else the stock Rpi4 with a cheapo USB3 Ethernet adapter works just great and can almost fully saturate 1Gbps - good enough for the majority of home users.
Here's an article on how to install OpenWRT on that (not that you can't just use any distro really, slap ntopng on top for stats and Jeff's your uncle).
https://www.zahradnik.io/raspberry-pi-as-a-home-router https://www.zahradnik.io/raspberry-pi-as-a-home-router
- henriks 5y agoAn alternative to worrying about two ethernet ports on the Pi itself is getting a managed switch with port tagging, and just setting up multiple VLANs on the Pi itself. I'm doing that myself with another small single-port board, works quite nicely.
- Nux 5y agoIndeed that's another way of doing it, quite elegant, too.
- m463 5y agoThe effort of learning how to set up and maintain vlans is WELL worth it. for example, many of my machines are on a private vlan that cannot get out (except through a proxy). This is one of the most effective ways of managing your devices since this means by default you will have to opt-in to talk to the internet.