And of course probably 1000x the power usage compared to the average off the shelf router that runs off a borderline microcontroller.

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jon_adler a day ago | parent | next [-]

It doesn’t have to be. I have a proxmox homelab, running x86 openwrt in a VM. It has many other services running including home assistant. It idles at 3% CPU and consumes around 5w. I’m using a Levono thinkcentre.

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socalgal2 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

good point! I think you can run it on a PI though.

	▲	moffkalast 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Otoh it would make sense if you could combine it with a home server, then it's just a side process and you actually save power by not having an extra device. Though you'd still need a switch or two. And a fiber modem which already has a router and a switch built-it. Oops.