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You already got some good answers. For me, the most inconvenient part of the transition was that I had to replace one device (a FritzBox 7590) with four devices
by Helmut10001 4y ago
You already got some good answers. For me, the most inconvenient part of the transition was that I had to replace one device (a FritzBox 7590) with four devices: DrayTek DSL Modem, Protectli Hardware Firewall [1] with OPNsense, a 5-Port Netgear Switch, and a BrosTrend Wifi Plug (altogether, 21 Watts instead of only 10).
Regarding the Hardware Part: Instead of the Protectli, I would recommend looking into the Pc engines APU4d4 (or similar) [2], I had very good experiences with the predecessors of this board.
The OPNsense configuration is really not that difficult, it is possible to start slowly with the defaults and extend. I already had experiences from running pfSense for 5 years on another site.
[1]: protectli.com
[2]: e.g. dynfi.com/en/appliances/dynfi-apu4d4/