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What hardware and OS should I use for my home router/server setup for good filesharing capabilities?
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Mar 15, 2026366 viewsConfidence Score0%
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I would like to set up a new server at home that should be able to perform the following tasks: Act as firewall/router/NAT for my home network Share lots of files, mostley music Misc. other stuff, webhosting etc. I've previously used a FreeBSD box but it's running old and the hardware is failing. I…
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pfSense is a FreeBSD based firewall/router/everything and has a web interface. I'm not sure if this is the distro that you're using now, but if it's not it's worth a look. You really should be weary of hosting a file server on an edge device, it's a…
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