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Put pfsense on an old laptop and use it as a router, save $$$

You only need to buy a wireless access points and hook it up...
big kitty cat preventive strike
  12/16/25
You could also attach some faster network cards and it's lit...
Spectacular lemon senate
  12/16/25
Only internet traffic goes through the router, so no need f...
big kitty cat preventive strike
  12/16/25
If you have a lot of network traffic reaching the internet, ...
Spectacular lemon senate
  12/16/25
Jeez I wonder how the 99% of people with 1Gbe routers cope
big kitty cat preventive strike
  12/16/25
Believe it or not, you can hit this easily with security cam...
Spectacular lemon senate
  12/16/25
Bitch I only pay for 350Mbps Verizon FIOS. What am I going t...
big kitty cat preventive strike
  12/16/25
Oh, mine is 2gbps at&t fiber
Spectacular lemon senate
  12/16/25
Wow your Internet is almost as fast as a USB hard drive
big kitty cat preventive strike
  12/16/25


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Date: December 16th, 2025 5:19 PM
Author: big kitty cat preventive strike

You only need to buy a wireless access points and hook it up to the laptop. Get an old Dell with built-in Ethernet and plug another Ethernet adapter into a USB port. Then install pfsense and now you have a router with a built-in terminal and a built-in battery backup. Go ahead and use the shittiest laptop you can find in the dumpster behind an old office building

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811067&forum_id=2"#49514845)



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Date: December 16th, 2025 5:24 PM
Author: Spectacular lemon senate

You could also attach some faster network cards and it's literally no different than a high-end router.

I have a netgate running pfsense.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811067&forum_id=2"#49514871)



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Date: December 16th, 2025 5:27 PM
Author: big kitty cat preventive strike

Only internet traffic goes through the router, so no need for fast ethernet there. LAN traffic goes through a WAP/switch, so that can be 2.5Gbe or 10Gbe

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811067&forum_id=2"#49514881)



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Date: December 16th, 2025 5:29 PM
Author: Spectacular lemon senate

If you have a lot of network traffic reaching the internet, you may saturate a single interfaces throughput

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811067&forum_id=2"#49514886)



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Date: December 16th, 2025 5:38 PM
Author: big kitty cat preventive strike

Jeez I wonder how the 99% of people with 1Gbe routers cope

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811067&forum_id=2"#49514914)



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Date: December 16th, 2025 5:45 PM
Author: Spectacular lemon senate

Believe it or not, you can hit this easily with security cameras and voip. Of course, my security camera traffic is isolated from other traffic at the link layer and never touches the internet unless through a VPN connection.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811067&forum_id=2"#49514930)



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Date: December 16th, 2025 5:53 PM
Author: big kitty cat preventive strike

Bitch I only pay for 350Mbps Verizon FIOS. What am I going to do with faster Ethernet to the modem lmfao. I think gigabit Internet is still the fastest they offer.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811067&forum_id=2"#49514947)



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Date: December 16th, 2025 5:58 PM
Author: Spectacular lemon senate

Oh, mine is 2gbps at&t fiber

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811067&forum_id=2"#49514956)



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Date: December 16th, 2025 5:59 PM
Author: big kitty cat preventive strike

Wow your Internet is almost as fast as a USB hard drive

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5811067&forum_id=2"#49514959)