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Recommendations for a rack mount router (self.homelab)
submitted 1 year ago by mbehling to c/[email protected]
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I recently obtained a Dell t620 that I've rack mounted, and I'm using to upgradey homelab. I'm also thinking I should upgrade my routernsince I'm having to reconfigure a lot with the new server(I have a 12 year old Netgear wireless router).

Any recommendations for a rack mounted router?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm running OPNsense on a Dell PowerEdge R210 II that I bought used. It's been running great for 2 years or so. I've really liked OPNSense.

[–] JJGadget 2 points 1 year ago

On the exact same setup! it runs really well.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Forgot to mention that before I got the R210 II, I had a Ubiquiti Unifi USG-PRO-4. It worked okay but the hardware is pretty low end. You get a nice pretty UI and many more options/configuration compared to a consumer router, but it's hamstrung compared to what you can do with OPNsense/pfSense IMO.

[–] mbehling 1 points 1 year ago

I ended up finding an old 5 GB sophos router that I was able to flash pfSense onto, it's not rack mounted, but was way cheaper than spending $500 on a ubiquiti.. I like it so far, but need to do more testing