On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 11:59:09AM -0600, Matt Lawrence wrote: > Since my mail server is working now, it's time to break my home > network again, but in a different way. > > I'm currently using a Soekris net4801 (running CentOS 4) as a > firewall/router/DHCP server for my home network and a WRT-54 for an > Access Point.I think it's time to move up to something a little > newer. I'm thinking about some sort of dd-wrt based box. What do > people recommend that is reliable, fast, supports gigabit ethernet, > all the modern consumer WiFi standards and optionally has a wall > mounting kit? > > What else should I be looking for?
The most important thing, in my opinion, is that it *not* be a black box that you can't do anything to or about. To that extent, the Soekris that you have now is a pretty good thing. You could look for an updated version of that, like a PCEngines APU1D or APU1D4. If it supported a stock Debian release, I would enthusiastically recommend the Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite, a $99 box with gigabit and wifi and all manner of good things. But, it uses a branch of Debian that is not supported upstream, to the best of my knowledge. What I did was assemble a mini-ITX box: https://randomstring.org/blog/blog/2014/11/09/new-firewall/ -dsr- _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list Tech@lists.lopsa.org https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
