I love RPI4s for local homelab roles like DNS servers, even for NAS with USB attached external storage, VPN gateways (with Tailscale).

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baq 8 hours ago | parent [-]

It's actually not great since Ethernet is over USB on the pi 4 (edit this is not true, confused with pi 3). Not that it doesn't work, but I'd rather have an N100 minipc.

OTOH with ram prices being where they are and no signs of coming back down in the foreseeable future a second hand pi 4 may be a very wise choice.

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vardump 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> It's actually not great since Ethernet is over USB on the pi 4.

Not true, you're thinking about earlier models.

	▲	baq 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		yeah... sorry about that (note I do have an N100 box as a home server, though)

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ajb 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I think you mean the pi3? On the pi4 the ethernet is connected to the main SoC.