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Put pfsense on an old laptop and use it as a router, save $$$
| trip area | 12/16/25 |
| Lake swashbuckling point | 12/16/25 |
| trip area | 12/16/25 |
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| trip area | 12/16/25 |
| Lake swashbuckling point | 12/16/25 |
| trip area | 12/16/25 |
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Date: December 16th, 2025 5:19 PM Author: trip area You only need to buy a wireless access points and hook it up to the laptop. Get an old Dell with built-in Ethernet and plug another Ethernet adapter into a USB port. Then install pfsense and now you have a router with a built-in terminal and a built-in battery backup. Go ahead and use the shittiest laptop you can find in the dumpster behind an old office building (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811067&forum_id=2/#49514845) |
Date: December 16th, 2025 5:24 PM Author: Lake swashbuckling point You could also attach some faster network cards and it's literally no different than a high-end router.
I have a netgate running pfsense. |
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Date: December 16th, 2025 5:27 PM Author: trip area Only internet traffic goes through the router, so no need for fast ethernet there. LAN traffic goes through a WAP/switch, so that can be 2.5Gbe or 10Gbe (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811067&forum_id=2/#49514881) |
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Date: December 16th, 2025 5:29 PM Author: Lake swashbuckling point If you have a lot of network traffic reaching the internet, you may saturate a single interfaces throughput (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811067&forum_id=2/#49514886) |
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Date: December 16th, 2025 5:38 PM Author: trip area Jeez I wonder how the 99% of people with 1Gbe routers cope (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811067&forum_id=2/#49514914) |
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Date: December 16th, 2025 5:45 PM Author: Lake swashbuckling point Believe it or not, you can hit this easily with security cameras and voip. Of course, my security camera traffic is isolated from other traffic at the link layer and never touches the internet unless through a VPN connection. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811067&forum_id=2/#49514930) |
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Date: December 16th, 2025 5:53 PM Author: trip area Bitch I only pay for 350Mbps Verizon FIOS. What am I going to do with faster Ethernet to the modem lmfao. I think gigabit Internet is still the fastest they offer. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811067&forum_id=2/#49514947) |
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Date: December 16th, 2025 5:58 PM Author: Lake swashbuckling point Oh, mine is 2gbps at&t fiber (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811067&forum_id=2/#49514956) |
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Date: December 16th, 2025 5:59 PM Author: trip area Wow your Internet is almost as fast as a USB hard drive (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811067&forum_id=2/#49514959) |