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With the PC Engines' line basically EOL, what is the best hardware to run a home setup < 2Gbps WAN for around or below $200? I'm not too keen on buying a largel
by briHass 4y ago
With the PC Engines' line basically EOL, what is the best hardware to run a home setup < 2Gbps WAN for around or below $200? I'm not too keen on buying a largely unsupported Intel box off AliExpress that has a 40% chance of being DOA.
I suppose there isn't much profit to be made for a lower-end box, but I'd prefer to stick with *sense instead of wasting time learning Mikrotik's OS, even though they have some great price-points.
- c0l0 4y agoZotac ZBOX Series have always been absolutely solid for me, but they are not that cheap any more... I bought my latest x86-based router from AliExpress, and never regretted it! Review available here: https://johannes.truschnigg.info/reviews/2021-01_fwbox/ https://johannes.truschnigg.info/reviews/2021-01_fwbox/
- linza 4y agoI switched from PC engines to https://protectli.com/ https://protectli.com/ and I'm happy so far, although it's more expensive. I haven't tried anything else yet, so just a single data point.
- __turbobrew__ 4y agoSeconded. I have a protectli vault 4 port and it can handle 1Gb/s traffic fine. If you want to use OpenBSD beware that you might not be able to push 1Gb/s with protectli devices. I had issues with OpenBSD pushing full gigabit, most likely due to all of the security mitigations.
- zeroflow 4y agoIf you want to safe some bucks and don't need coreboot or local support, you can opt for various chinese resellers like topton or qotom which also provide firewalls based on the same boards. I'm running a J4125 based topton box and it's running fine for about 2 weeks now.