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Building an OPNsense router (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/opnsense

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I am thinking of building a router for OPNsense. I am familiar with building computers but I am not familiar with networking. What kind of hardware would I need to hit 1, 2.5 (my most likely target), 5 or 10 gigabit speeds on my local network?

I was thinking of buying a small form factor PC and sticking an Intel I226 Network Card or something similiar in it.

So, what kind of processor would I need?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for the redommendation, those look quite nice, but are quite pricey too.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Well…yes, but you only but once in about 5-7 years I guess (maybe your device lasts even langer).

So - either you go with opnsense hardware or get a protectli I’d recommend. No love for cheap Chinese computers from my side here, you may want to be quite sure to have reliable hardware as your main firewall (if you do not want to cluster?).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago

I ended up going with the protectli. It has been good.