I am planning to eventually build my own home server, and when I do I will hook it up via ethernet. But I do want to switch away from the generic FIOS router and use my own for more control over my data and security. Any recommendations?

    • BetterNotBigger
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      51 year ago

      Can this work with the “off the shelf” mesh routers.

      • @Lrobie
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        71 year ago

        No, off the shelf routers are usually ARM and opnsense is x86 only.

      • @vector_zero
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        71 year ago

        This seems like it’s geared toward higher power hardware that’s not generally available on a consumer-grade router.

        • stown
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          71 year ago

          You could buy a $300 consumer router and it would be worse than just using an old PC with OPNsense.

          • @[email protected]
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            61 year ago

            Except that the old PC is probably less efficient at a lower clock than an AR based consumer router. You’ll get more performance and features, but it will be more expensive to run.

            • stown
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              31 year ago

              I guess if you live in a place where electricity is super expensive this will matter. A good majority of self-hosted people don’t seem to care much as they have server racks full of old hardware.

            • @peregus
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              11 year ago

              The Fujitsu Futro S720 consumes about 6 Watts and it’s great for OPNsense!

    • @thejoker8814
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      41 year ago

      Please don’t host a router on a Hypervisor VM. That does not benefit security. First of all a router is an integral part of the (home) network, therefore it should not be dependent on anything, like a hypervisor. You want to be able to replace or update your server/ hypervisor independently from each other, for example in 5 hrs your router might be still rocking all data, but you would want to upgrade your home server / hypervisor. Furthermore all those OpenWRT, PFsense, OpenSense kernel/ OS hardening is more effective on the hardware itself, especially all RAM/ Memory based security measures. Also if you truly want to be more secure, you use dedicated hardware for multiple reasons, performance is dedicated to only routing/ firewall processing (no other service/ VM can block or slow down packet processing), reducing the attack surface (less software, less attack surface), easier to update.