Avoid ISP Routers

Re:Avoid ISP Routers by imagetic on Saturday February 01, 2025 @07:20PM (#42904070)

At home I go from the modem to a Firewalla and then break out to the WiFi. Our needs at home are pretty simple though.

https://firewalla.com

I have been quite happy with the experience.

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Re:Avoid ISP Routers by genewitch on Saturday February 01, 2025 @11:36PM (#42905870)

i hope so at $100-$125/port

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Re:Avoid ISP Routers by WarOnPrivacy on Saturday February 01, 2025 @11:55PM (#42905949)

> i hope so at $100-$125/port

Ooof. pfSense on retired hardware is cheap, like free. Using them since 1.2.something. Mid 00's.

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Re:Avoid ISP Routers by genewitch on Monday February 03, 2025 @01:55AM (#42915671)

well, me too. I "wrote the book" - dsl|broadbandreports forum post - on how to set up ipcop and later pfsense on a virtual machine. However the old pfsense (my iso of that version is from 2010) doesn't support ipv6 correctly (if at all) - and the new version is DRM'd and owned by "netgate" and requires connectivity to install - which is something i can't provide in my environment, so i am unable to test all of the "new and improved" versions of the tools we knew and loved.

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