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My personal suggestion would be anything you have lying around your place that has supported graphics. Graphics are always the big end-user pain point for any O
by Sunspark 3y ago
My personal suggestion would be anything you have lying around your place that has supported graphics. Graphics are always the big end-user pain point for any OS.
- MobiusHorizons 3y agoOh I meant for building a router
- vogon_laureate 3y agoHonestly, any off the shelf or eBay x86 mini-ITX board is fairly well supported. Probably stay away from Atom CPUs (Celeron or i3 is fine) and any exotic hardware, use whatever ITX case you want and a PicoPSU, stuff it with a 2-4 port NIC and you're good to go.
- 0x0203 3y agoProtectli [0] has a bunch of systems that should meet any number of price ranges and network needs. I've not personally tried OpenBSD on them, but I see nothing that should cause any problems. They're also small and fanless systems, which I really appreciate. Also usable as general purpose machine, so not limited to simple networking. [0] https://protectli.com/product-comparison/ https://protectli.com/product-comparison/
- Sunspark 3y agoA router doesn't need a ton of power. My router is still a single core. There hasn't been a need to update it because my internet connection is only 50 megabit. If you have a lot of users and heavy traffic, then you will need more, but if it's just you and the WAN, you really don't need much at all.
- trashcanman 3y agoYou know 32 core NIB EPYC 7551s are $100 on ebay would make a very nice router w the right mb https://www.ebay.com/itm/394632582514 https://www.ebay.com/itm/394632582514