Raspberries are not bad as home network equipment. DNS/PiHole, Routing, VPN, NAS, that kind of thing doesn't need much power. Plus they run a full OS so you can

Raspberries are not bad as home network equipment. DNS/PiHole, Routing, VPN, NAS, that kind of thing doesn't need much power. Plus they run a full OS so you can manage them in the usual ways, and automate things.