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Sun, 6 Apr 2025 03:05:50 -0400 (EDT) X-Mailer: MessagingEngine.com Webmail Interface List-Id: User questions List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-questions List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-ThreadId: T11479b1a9407e976 Date: Sun, 06 Apr 2025 00:05:30 -0700 From: "Pat Maddox" To: questions@freebsd.org Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <20250405194701.6432e956@Hydrogen> References: <20250405194701.6432e956@Hydrogen> Subject: Re: A FreeBSD-based Router Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.66 / 15.00]; RBL_SENDERSCORE_REPUT_9(-1.00)[202.12.124.156:from]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-0.96)[-0.960]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.94)[-0.941]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-0.66)[-0.664]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[patmaddox.com,none]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[patmaddox.com:s=fm1,messagingengine.com:s=fm2]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip4:202.12.124.128/27]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW(-0.10)[202.12.124.156:from]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; XM_UA_NO_VERSION(0.01)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:151847, ipnet:202.12.124.0/24, country:AU]; FREEFALL_USER(0.00)[pat]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; DWL_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[messagingengine.com:dkim]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[questions@freebsd.org]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RWL_MAILSPIKE_POSSIBLE(0.00)[202.12.124.156:from]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[patmaddox.com:+,messagingengine.com:+] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4ZVjzh21Vvz3FKm X-Spamd-Bar: ---- On Sat, Apr 5, 2025, at 11:47 AM, Polarian wrote: > > You could also look at protectli [2] which provide minipc sized > routers, however these come at a big cost, and will only save a small > amount of energy using newer more efficient chips than old desktops, > but they do pack a punch. I am not sure how well they support FreeBSD > however. I use a protectli with vanilla FreeBSD. I set up some VLANs in rc.conf, = pf to block all incoming traffic from internet port, pf to allow certain= VLANs to access specific servers, and dhcpd. Other than needing the occ= asional freebsd-update, I don=E2=80=99t think about the router at all. I have at times considered setting up wireguard for remote access, but h= aven=E2=80=99t gotten around to it. I think it=E2=80=99s great. Solid, silent, and fast. Pat