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I've been really happy with buying a ~$200 mini PC and putting OPNsense on it. You just have to make sure it has two Ethernet ports. OpenWRT is another great option if you don't have the money for that.
That doesn't transmit wifi though, right?
From a quick look at the documentation, if the hardware has WiFi capability you can configure OPNsense to be an access point as well. Personally, I keep the two separate: I have a small N200-based box as my OPNsense router and a separate access point running OpenWRT for the wifi devices on my network.
I can’t find anything that doesn’t bottleneck my available bandwidth of 2Gb/s. I’ve looked, they get expensive after 1Gb/s speed. Couldn’t find anything mini PCs that can do it.
What is your use case for that kind of speed in a residential setting?
I have the same 2Gb/s speed at my place. Its $10 more a month than 1Gb/s, making it easy to justify. I have no need for it besides bragging rights haha
It’s just buying stability in peak moments. Lots of family member members, and lots of devices.
I have 2 Gb/s down using opnsense on a n150 mini pc. The one I got has 2 x 2.5gb ports. I don't have too many devices, but I've never had issues getting that full download speed. During downloads where I hit my full speed, it hits about 30% usage. During normal usage like games/streaming/web browsing I don't see above 10% usage.
Any chance you remember where you got it from? Did it come with the two NICs at 2.5Gb/s out the box?
Looks like they don't make it anymore but I got the aoostar n1 pro on amazon. I would try eBay or AliExpress to find something similar. https://www.amazon.com/AOOSTAR-N1-PRO-Upgraded-Full-Featured/dp/B0F9K1G96Q
It has both 2.5 gigabit ports built in. Its basically purpose built for opnsense. I just connected a multi gig switch and a WAP and it's great.
Interesting, found this for $420
https://a.co/d/04JpAcyp
That would definitely work. It's overkill but with the current PC market it might be hard to find something cheaper. I paid $140 for mine about a year ago