Re: [44net] OT: Recommendations for a small to medium size router for a multi-purpose repeater site

Not if you do it right and firewall off anything going TO the router but not going THROUGH the router and only allow certain mgmt IP’s inbound Ruben - ON3RVH > On 11 May 2018, at 21:54, pete M &lt;petem001(a)hotmail.com&gt; wrote: > > And you hope no more worm take control of those 😉 > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > De : 44Net &lt;44net-bounces+petem001=hotmail.com(a)mailman.ampr.org&gt; de la part de K7VE - John &lt;k7ve(a)k7ve.org&gt; > Envoyé : Friday, May 11, 2018 3:45:05 PM > À : AMPRNet working group > Objet : Re: [44net] OT: Recommendations for a small to medium size router for a multi-purpose repeater site > > And MikroTiks can be purchased for much less and not require any assembly > and work great. > > https://mikrotik.com/products > >> On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 12:34 PM, pete M &lt;petem001(a)hotmail.com&gt; wrote: >> >> they are not really hard to assemble. The power can be provided by a >> picopsu 150 watt is usely more then enough >> >> >> http://www.mini-box.com/picoPSU-150-XT >> >> >> <http://www.mini-box.com/picoPSU-150-XT>a small form factor box can be >> use: >> >> >> http://www.mini-box.com/M350-universal-mini-itx-enclosure >> >> >> >> and they can be bought for cheap already assembled. >> >> >> http://www.mini-box.com/Mini-ITX-systems-x86 >> >> ________________________________ >> De : 44Net &lt;44net-bounces+petem001=hotmail.com(a)mailman.ampr.org&gt; de la >> part de Rob Janssen &lt;pe1chl(a)amsat.org&gt; >> Envoyé : 11 mai 2018 13:13 >> À : 44net(a)mailman.ampr.org >> Objet : Re: [44net] OT: Recommendations for a small to medium size router >> for a multi-purpose repeater site >> >>> I would go with a small itx pc with dual gygabit nic and a 4 port pcie >> gygabit nic. that give you 6 nic in a box. >>> Run this under Openwrt, or opensense or pfsense. You could even run >> miKrotiK OS >>> you can have a small ssd in there and 4 gig of ram to be sure all is ok >> and this setup would be able to do all of your need and even more. >> >> Of course it also uses more power, and takes more effort to construct and >> install. >> It can sometimes be useful to have more flexibility, but for general >> router usage it usually is overkill. >> Those MikroTik boxes work after unpacking and some basic config tasks. >> However you can still spend hours and hours >> to make them do a lot more :-) >> >> Rob >> >> _________________________________________ >> 44Net mailing list >> 44Net(a)mailman.ampr.org >> https://mailman.ampr.org/mailman/listinfo/44net >>