So what is a good router nowadays? I'm about to buy one and I'm not looking towards this particular rabbit hole.

pak9rabid 36 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Find a decent embedded system & put Linux on it. I've been using that setup for 20'ish years now & have never regretted it.

See also: pfSense, OpenWrt

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saidinesh5 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I really like my Cudy Wifi routers. They can run upstream openwrt (double check your version). They run some modified openwrt.

They're both cheap and quite good. They're what GL.inet used to be when i last purchased routers before this.

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seethishat 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

TLDR: Any standard PC with two or more Ethernet interfaces and OpenBSD with PF.

I like the small Qotom Q305p 3205u computers for this, but any small device will do and if you don't care about the router being small and quiet, any form factor PC will work... just need two or more NICs to route packets from one network to the other.

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rithdmc an hour ago | parent [-]

What throughput do you get on those? I worry latency, speed, and whatnot will be impacted without dedicated silicon.

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pak9rabid 35 minutes ago | parent [-]

Systems like the Banana Pi 4 can easily route traffic at near 10 gigabit wire speed. Granted, this particular system has very good hardware offloading capabilities.

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		Many thanks!