Explain Firewall PCs like I'm very inebriated please

AbidingOhmsLaw , 5 months ago

I run a Unifi USG-1 router/gateway now but before that I got a used AC1000 router from the thrift store for $5 and loaded OpenWRT on that. I eventually got an Aris modem to replace the Comcrap Gateway because it was messing with the DNS traffic, even when piHole was set as DNS for every machine. So if I were you I would go look at the OpenWRT list of units that will accept their firmware. Pay attention to the hardware revision as well as the model number, it matters.

openwrt.org/toh/views/toh_fwdownload

Then head over to a local thrift store or two and see if you can find any for cheep.

sabreW4K3 OP , 5 months ago

I’ve been looking at a bunch of different SBCs that can run OpenWRT because I really want that minimal power draw, but there’s so many more that are x86