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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...
180 misunderstood business firm candlestick maker
  12/16/25
You could also attach some faster network cards and it's lit...
vermilion psychic
  12/16/25
Only internet traffic goes through the router, so no need f...
180 misunderstood business firm candlestick maker
  12/16/25
If you have a lot of network traffic reaching the internet, ...
vermilion psychic
  12/16/25
Jeez I wonder how the 99% of people with 1Gbe routers cope
180 misunderstood business firm candlestick maker
  12/16/25
Believe it or not, you can hit this easily with security cam...
vermilion psychic
  12/16/25
Bitch I only pay for 350Mbps Verizon FIOS. What am I going t...
180 misunderstood business firm candlestick maker
  12/16/25
Oh, mine is 2gbps at&t fiber
vermilion psychic
  12/16/25
Wow your Internet is almost as fast as a USB hard drive
180 misunderstood business firm candlestick maker
  12/16/25


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Date: December 16th, 2025 5:19 PM
Author: 180 misunderstood business firm candlestick maker

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: vermilion psychic

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: 180 misunderstood business firm candlestick maker

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: vermilion psychic

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: 180 misunderstood business firm candlestick maker

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: vermilion psychic

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: 180 misunderstood business firm candlestick maker

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: vermilion psychic

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: 180 misunderstood business firm candlestick maker

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)