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Best router for home use? (literature.cafe)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My TP-Link ER8411 can't be flashed with OpenWRT even though their software is based on a very old version of it. :(

I have 10Gbps internet and can't find any 10Gbps routers that support custom firmware. Building a pfSense system that supports 10Gbps would be much more expensive and use more power than a router that has a purpose-built SoC.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Have you thought about getting something like this?

https://youtu.be/a3EMMYTdOYo

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't have space for full-depth rackmount hardware - I just have a small shallow networking rack.

From the video, it sounds like this device can't actually achieve 10Gbps in real life. At 46:44 in the video, he says that he got 6.5Gbps with the firewall enabled and one firewall rule, and at 47:15 he said that NAT download speed (i.e. what you'd experience with an actual internet connection) was only 4.2Gbps.

I get full speed through my ER8411, and it was cheaper than this device too ($350). I'm annoyed by a lack of IPv6 features, but it does achieve full 10Gbps speeds at least.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Ah, that's kinda terrible, too bad