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
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-XTa 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
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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
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And MikroTiks can be purchased for much less and not require any assembly and work great.
On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 12:34 PM, pete M petem001@hotmail.com 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-XTa 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
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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
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And you hope no more worm take control of those 😉
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And MikroTiks can be purchased for much less and not require any assembly and work great.
On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 12:34 PM, pete M petem001@hotmail.com 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-XTa 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
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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
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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 petem001@hotmail.com wrote:
And you hope no more worm take control of those 😉
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And MikroTiks can be purchased for much less and not require any assembly and work great.
On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 12:34 PM, pete M petem001@hotmail.com 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-XTa 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 44net-bounces+petem001=hotmail.com@mailman.ampr.org de la part de Rob Janssen pe1chl@amsat.org Envoyé : 11 mai 2018 13:13 À : 44net@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
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MIkroTik does security updates on a regular basis and you don't have to be a Unix system administrator.
On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 12:53 PM, pete M petem001@hotmail.com wrote:
And you hope no more worm take control of those 😉
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