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Home(lab) router advice (feddit.nl)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I just recently got 1 gigabit up/down at home when they put in fiber. Now I'm looking for a router/firewall to use. I run a homelab with a few VMs.

I was looking at getting a Cisco router to tinker with, as I've just finished a course on IOS. What routers would you recommend (2nd hand) for less than 150€? Is Cisco even feasible at this price point or should I just get a mini pc and run pfsense/opnsense?

I've looked at the ISR900 and it seems to meet my requirements, but I am not sure if it also offers a web interface, which would be quite useful for me.

Bit of an unstructured post but I hope you'll be able to help me regardless.

EDIT: I ended up getting a mikrotik hAP ac3 router. It seems to meet my requirements and after trying the routerOS demo they have up I decided that it would work for me.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Though so, thanks.

I'm comfortable with a cli, but in a homelab environment quick testing might prove easier using a GUI, so I'll probably go with the pfsense route then

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

opnsense

[–] TCB13 1 points 8 months ago

@[email protected] why not OpenWRT? You most likely don't need anything more than that: https://lemmy.world/comment/7527708