I start from the OpenWrt devices page. Filter by the Wi-Fi revision I need (ac or ax), opt for 4 cores or more and sufficient RAM, and then read the forum posts and the device page to make a shortlist. Then I look at price and availability.
replyPretty happy with my Asus RT-AC68U. I bought it like 8 years ago and they keep putting out firmware updates.
replyBefore that I briefly had a Netgear Nighthawk R7000P and it kept interrupting long-running TCP connections. After much back-and-forth with their useless warranty department, I just returned it to the retailer.
That's weird, because Asus says it has reached End of Life (EOL).
replyI really like my Cudy Wifi routers. They can run upstream openwrt (double check your version). They run some modified openwrt.
replyThey're both cheap and quite good. They're what GL.inet used to be when i last purchased routers before this.
Find a decent embedded system & put Linux on it. I've been using that setup for 20'ish years now & have never regretted it.
replySee also: pfSense, OpenWrt
TLDR: Any standard PC with two or more Ethernet interfaces and OpenBSD with PF.
replyI like the small Qotom Q305p 3205u computers for this, but any small device will do and if you don't care about the router being small and quiet, any form factor PC will work... just need two or more NICs to route packets from one network to the other.
What throughput do you get on those? I worry latency, speed, and whatnot will be impacted without dedicated silicon.
replySystems like the Banana Pi 4 can easily route traffic at near 10 gigabit wire speed. Granted, this particular system has very good hardware offloading capabilities.
replyMany thanks!
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