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How do I build a great home router?

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Mar 15, 20262190 views
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My trusty old WRT54G seems to have stopped working and I have an old Dell around, so I thought "why not use the old computer as a router?" Where can I find good information on setting up this machine as a router? Some things I'd like: a couple wired connections (I'll need at least one more NIC) 802…

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There are a lot of BSD based Router distros out there. I personally use OpenBSD as it is touted as Secure by default. Having installed it a number of times, it now take me less than 15 minutes for a fresh install. It has a great packages system, and…

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