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Hi there, I was looking for combinations of switching hardware and open source switching software. Stratum and Cumulus Linux caught my attention, but these seem to be focussed towards the industry and would likely be very difficult to run in a homelab. I’m not going to touch the likes of Ubiquity, but as of now the only choice seems to be closed-source software from TPLink and/or Cisco. I’m going to try and harden the inside of my network too with ACLs and any other features I find on the switches, and having an open source OS with regular updates would be very nice to have.

Any suggestions? I was trying to find something to run on a MikroTik switch, since I find their L2 OS a bit lacking.

Cheers!

Edit: a kind user mentioned OpenWRT, which I should have looked into more seriously before posting this. I’m going through it right now, any suggestions are welcome!

  • @MigratingtoLemmyOP
    2•1 year ago

    Thanks for the answer! I am not looking for something too complicated (just some security features in my LAN like ACLs, sticky ports etc). The main focus is to be able to do it with FOSS software. I love your answer, but would I accomplish what you mention in your post? I need to be able to run Linux on a switch: and I have yet to find an affordable switch which will operate with a custom OS.

    I am even considering purchasing a Qotom box and bridging the ports together through software, although I really don’t like that approach (I want a switch with dedicated switching hardware in my homelab, not another router). Haven’t found any solutions yet

    • @[email protected]
      1•1 year ago

      I will say openwrt is great for running on home routers. It’s more specialized for that purpose, being made to fit on the small flashes of some of them.