Only use jellyfin. Have a list of things want to update… but it works for now.
Yes that is a laptop usb cooler used as supplemental placebo cooling. Also a pc fan I have propped up against the hard drive feeding into the pi.
Can’t recall last time used the ps4 or switch. But they’re there
Any off the shelf device that’s not Broadcom.
Flash OpenWRT and be done
not the same class of device though
No but you don’t need a lot of horse power for just gigabit
you do if you want more than just a router
Don’t put all your eggs in one basket. Separate out your stuff so that one failure doesn’t cause the end of the world.
having another one of these in a cluster is not off the table, but for now size is a priority. its all backed up with another router to take over if needed.