It is much, much easier than it used to be. The documentation and videos alone available make something like this a very welcoming learning experience that anyone can complete step by step by pausing a video and replaying it.

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doubled112 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Like most things, really. I used to build routers from old PCs, but eventually those tiny appliances caught up with the performance/functionality I need.

You can do a lot of routing on a $70 Mikrotik, although they might not be "easy".

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esseph 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I really want to end up with one of these for at least a few months: https://mikrotik.com/product/rds2216

	▲	bombcar 18 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		At $2k out the door that's way more reasonable than I thought it'd be. Too bad I can't fill it with old spinning rust.

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j45 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

For sure, it's a path and passage towards devices like that.

Everyone has a starting point, starting with soemone has lying around is one thing.. the quicker they can get going the more they can get to leveraging the real power in most devices.