Looking to do this to get off stock isp leased router. What's your hardware/distro rec?

drnick1 28 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Ryzen 5 with a dual 10Gbps NIC, running Debian. Overkill for a router/firewall, but I run other services on the same hardware including an email stack, Podman containers, and small AI model for use within Home Assistant.

I wouldn't buy new hardware. Any modest machine built in the last decade would do. If possible, get a machine with an internal ATX power supply rather than an external brick, they tend to be more reliable.

If all you need is 1Gpbs and WiFi, OpenWrt on consumer hardware is probably enough though.

	▲	consp 6 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I have a Lenovo thin client running Debian as internet gateway/firewall. With some minor modifications and a small low power blower fan you can add a dual sfp pcie card in it (not all versions can, though there are more manufacturers of thin clients with 4x pcie slots). The blower fan is because the main fan stops often and it needs some cooling.

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dhruvrrp 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Use openWrt (https://openwrt.org), and use their hardware list to pick a consumer router with the feature set you need that can be flashed to use openWrt.