Re: small form factor router recommendations

On Fri, Apr 12, 2024 at 12:55:21PM -0700, Pete Wright wrote:
> 
> On 4/12/24 12:23, Lexi Winter wrote:
> > i wrote:
> >> i'm looking for an SFF or single-board computer that can run FreeBSD,
> >> for routing (FTTC, IPsec, Wireguard) on a home/soho network.
> 
> i'm very keen to learn about new vendors in this space too - just a 
> couple notes on a few of the vendors mentioned.
> 
> 
> > to summarise the various suggestions people made (thanks!):
> >
> > - Netgate <https://www.netgate.com/appliances>: again fairly high
> >    prices, although lower than Protectli, but these seem to be designed
> >    specifically to run Netgate's software (pfSense) and i didn't see
> >    anything about support for generic FreeBSD.
> 
> i think it's worth noting that netgate is moving pfsense off of freebsd 
> and onto a linux.  so long term ymmv in terms of paying the premium to 
> have BSD support on their hardware unfortunately. i agree they were 
> expensive and performance wasn't the best - but i was happy to pay the 
> premium to support a freebsd based product.
> 
> https://www.netgate.com/blog/pfsense-software-embraces-change-a-strategic-migration-to-the-linux-kernel

Shocking news, but note the date on that page. :)

Peter