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Edging Closer To My Router (lazysoci.al)

submitted 5 months ago by sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to c/homelab@selfhosted.forum

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With my Raspberry Pi basically being software/service complete, I'm starting to think more about my router and I need to make sure I'm thinking about this right.

As I envision it, my router would run OpenWRT, Pi-Hole and a VPN. Is that correct or have I got this wrong?

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[–] Lem453@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I highly recommend getting a n100 based system and installing opnsense onto it.

The most basic I would recommend is something with 2 gigabit Ethernet ports. N100 will have all sorts of variations with 2.5g and 10g ports depending on what you want.

My opnsense router with no fan (case is a heat sink) has been rock solid for like 7 years now.

The wifi aspect is taken care of by a ubiquiti UAP (there are better options now).

I use a pihole docker on my server but you can run adguard plugin directly on opnsense to get a similar setup.

[–] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 1 points 5 months ago

I have a Pi Zero W 2 just for Pi-Hole, so it's just the router I need. I'm apprehensive about an x86 as I'm looking at these ARM SBCs and they just feel more efficient, but the n100s are tried and tested.