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You can create a way better router using an old thinkpad (t400, t6x, whatever) which will probably have 1 Gbit ethernet, 3 mini PCIe slots (?!) which can get yo
by shudza 4y ago
You can create a way better router using an old thinkpad (t400, t6x, whatever) which will probably have 1 Gbit ethernet, 3 mini PCIe slots (?!) which can get you 2 separate Wifi interfaces and WWan, also an expesscard slot which can give you another 1 Gbit ethernet port. Just add a switch (for LAN) and you'll have a router which probably outperforms most routers in 100$ range, which is the budget you'll need.
I did all that and I'm quite happy with results. Maybe I'll do a blog post, when I finally start my blog.
- hestefisk 4y agoNeat answer. What O/S do you run on it?
- shudza 4y agoOpenwrt
- yabones 4y agoNot GP, but I did something similar for a few years with an old T60. I used the expresscard slot onboard to connect a quad-port server NIC using a pcie riser. For OS, I tried a couple different options including PFsense, VyOS, centos with Shorewall, and eventually settled on good old Debian with iptables rules. What was nice about using an old laptop was that you get a built-in UPS that's good for at least an hour (with the screen off) so you almost never have downtime because of power outages (provided your modem still has power, and the node/dslam is still up).