Or have it all automated using Ansible:
https://github.com/liv-io/ansible-roles-bsd
Including Prometheus monitoring and Loki logging (on Linux though and work in progress)
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#12Looks like a good article to follow. Anyone has recommendations on a small form factor board to get for this project? It appears that the ASRock Mini ITX board in the article is no longer available?
> small form factor board to get for this project?
Have a look at Odyssey by Seeed Studio, I got one for NAS. J4105, 2x Intel NICs, 8GB RAM and DC jack. Pretty good value after erasing Win10.
https://www.seeedstudio.com/Odyssey-Blue-J4105-128GB-p-4668....
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#13Isn't this what OPNsense or pfSense are essentially, just with a web ui?
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#14Isn't this what OPNsense or pfSense are essentially, just with a web ui?
Those are based on FreeBSD
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#15I use OPNsense. I love OpenBSD, but I love GUI more :))
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#16I use OPNsense. I love OpenBSD, but I love GUI more :))
OPNsense is FreeBSD
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#17Nice article. Running your own router is a nice way to learn a bit of networking, has a better track record of security updates, and helps you act as a part on the Internet.
I run NixOS on a https://www.pcengines.ch/apu2e2.htm .
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#18I have an old Soekris Net6501 which I would love to use OpenBSD on. However, they don't have any support for the Sierra WWAN modem I have. Unfortunately these days finding an alternative Linux distro which supports an installation process which uses the serial terminal interface is really, really hard these days. So the device sits unused in one of my desk drawers.
I don't know the specifics of the Net6501, but can't you do a foreign debootstrap where you let debootstrap copy all files on a machine that is already installed, then boot it up on the Soekris itself and let it do the rest of its install work over the serial connection?
If you could direct me to a how-to, I would appreciate it.
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#20My dream is of Open source 802.11ac Wi-Fi router. Is there any open hardware that works well?
It's spendy, but my OpenBSD router is from here https://protectli.com/ and they do support a wifi card and the Ralink driver works in OpenBSD.
I prefer to run wire up wireless APs though.