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Re:Build a Linux wireless router out of spare parts in 1998 by throwanem on Sunday February 05, 2023 @12:17PM (#34666623)
Not at all, although PFSense is based on BSD rather than Linux. It's incredibly full-featured (with even a complete and polished web UI) and pretty easy to configure and operate, and definitely where I'd suggest starting.
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Re:Build a Linux wireless router out of spare parts in 1998 by cassianoleal on Sunday February 05, 2023 @12:23PM (#34666668)
OpenWRT [0] OTOH is actually Linux. Also very full featured, including a GUI (LuCI) that even though some times lags a little behind the command-line and config file stuff, is still pretty good.

As another FreeBSD-based alternative, there's the PFSense fork OPNSense [1], which started out as a fork of PfSense after the Netgate takeover and complaints about their openness and support for the community.

[0] https://openwrt.org/

[1] https://opnsense.com/

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Re:Build a Linux wireless router out of spare parts in 1998 by throwanem on Sunday February 05, 2023 @12:40PM (#34666829)
Oh, I didn't know about the fork - I guess that shows how long it's been since I last ran PFSense. Good to know, thanks!
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Re:Build a Linux wireless router out of spare parts in 1998 by irfwashere on Sunday February 05, 2023 @12:21PM (#34666652)
Yes there's a lot of good content now with guidance on setting up one of these pf or opnsense routers. Really cool stuff. And use any old router you have in AP mode and you're set!
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