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NSAM what is the point of having a firewall?

What's the use case? Do you get attacked a lot by hackers?
cowardly mad cow disease
  07/23/26
Ad-blocking and Tailscale, plus it's easier to manage custom...
dark electric liquid oxygen hospital
  07/23/26
Explain? I have adblock on my browser
cowardly mad cow disease
  07/23/26
I have it on every device that connects to my network, even ...
dark electric liquid oxygen hospital
  07/23/26
But why? What do people even need VPN for? Just browse the r...
cowardly mad cow disease
  07/23/26
Sometimes my AI servers need maintenance when I'm away from ...
dark electric liquid oxygen hospital
  07/23/26
What does that entail
cowardly mad cow disease
  07/23/26
cd ~/llama.cpp git pull rm -rf build mkdir build &&am...
dark electric liquid oxygen hospital
  07/23/26
I have no idea what that means
cowardly mad cow disease
  07/23/26
Ask Claude
dark electric liquid oxygen hospital
  07/23/26
tp
yapping corn cake home
  07/23/26
you should use ninja
supple preventive strike
  07/23/26
It's slower for some reason
dark electric liquid oxygen hospital
  07/23/26
wait, do viruses still exist?
yapping corn cake home
  07/23/26
How do u even get one
cowardly mad cow disease
  07/23/26
lol
laughsome deranged dilemma
  07/23/26
...
yapping corn cake home
  07/23/26
Oh yeah they cause pop-ups that say "YOUR COMPUTER IS I...
dark electric liquid oxygen hospital
  07/23/26
I use tailscale too, but only so I can SSH into VMs without ...
laughsome deranged dilemma
  07/23/26
What's the worst that could happen without a VPN
cowardly mad cow disease
  07/23/26
You're unable to patch an exploit someone found using Kimi
dark electric liquid oxygen hospital
  07/23/26
who's exploiting you?
Wonderful Bonkers Corner
  07/23/26
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cowardly mad cow disease
  07/23/26
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Big-titted hall
  07/23/26
Some fag in Saigon was trying to get into my Windows PC usin...
dark electric liquid oxygen hospital
  07/23/26
ah thus tailscale, ok got it.
supple preventive strike
  07/23/26
jfc at using bitdefender
laughsome deranged dilemma
  07/23/26
...
supple preventive strike
  07/23/26
what do you recommend for someone running Windows on bare me...
dark electric liquid oxygen hospital
  07/23/26
How do you even open a port? I'm retarded btw
cowardly mad cow disease
  07/23/26
Depends on your router, but all of them have a "port fo...
dark electric liquid oxygen hospital
  07/23/26
Do you think that guy in Vietnam is trying to steal credit f...
cowardly mad cow disease
  07/23/26
Who says this isn't him poasting right now?
dark electric liquid oxygen hospital
  07/23/26
How's the phở today?
cowardly mad cow disease
  07/23/26
I'm on dat com dac biet tip, might do the tim gan for lunch
dark electric liquid oxygen hospital
  07/23/26
Woah cr
cowardly mad cow disease
  07/23/26
TT leaves his port open to the Vietnamese all the time
titillating deer antler base
  07/23/26
...
cowardly mad cow disease
  07/23/26
...
laughsome deranged dilemma
  07/23/26
Depends what you are doing on your computer honestly. Withou...
laughsome deranged dilemma
  07/23/26
Seems like a genuine who gives a shit situation
cowardly mad cow disease
  07/23/26
lol. your goysumer network is constantly being scanned for w...
supple preventive strike
  07/23/26
I've been on the internet for decades and this has never hap...
cowardly mad cow disease
  07/23/26
If it's done correctly you'd never know
dark electric liquid oxygen hospital
  07/23/26
All these TP-Link and Netgear routers go years without firmw...
dark electric liquid oxygen hospital
  07/23/26
Wow, so Pfsense requires a license that costs $129/yr. Fuck ...
dark electric liquid oxygen hospital
  07/23/26
Isn't there a free Community Version?
cowardly mad cow disease
  07/23/26
I thought so but it prompted me for a license at boot. I thi...
dark electric liquid oxygen hospital
  07/23/26
can you buy a perpetual license version that doesn't require...
cowardly mad cow disease
  07/23/26
you are doing something wrong. CE 2.8.1 sept 25 is most rece...
supple preventive strike
  07/23/26
I figured out how to install CE now, but Realtek compatibili...
dark electric liquid oxygen hospital
  07/23/26
Had to ditch the Asus piece of shit because Realtek NICs are...
dark electric liquid oxygen hospital
  07/24/26


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Date: July 23rd, 2026 12:23 PM
Author: cowardly mad cow disease

What's the use case? Do you get attacked a lot by hackers?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885428&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50019131)



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Date: July 23rd, 2026 12:31 PM
Author: dark electric liquid oxygen hospital

Ad-blocking and Tailscale, plus it's easier to manage custom subnets

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885428&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50019144)



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Date: July 23rd, 2026 12:32 PM
Author: cowardly mad cow disease

Explain? I have adblock on my browser

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885428&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50019146)



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Date: July 23rd, 2026 12:32 PM
Author: dark electric liquid oxygen hospital

I have it on every device that connects to my network, even over VPN when I'm not home

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885428&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50019147)



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Date: July 23rd, 2026 12:33 PM
Author: cowardly mad cow disease

But why? What do people even need VPN for? Just browse the regular internet.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885428&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50019149)



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Date: July 23rd, 2026 12:34 PM
Author: dark electric liquid oxygen hospital

Sometimes my AI servers need maintenance when I'm away from home

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885428&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50019153)



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Date: July 23rd, 2026 12:49 PM
Author: cowardly mad cow disease

What does that entail

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885428&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50019187)



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Date: July 23rd, 2026 1:03 PM
Author: dark electric liquid oxygen hospital

cd ~/llama.cpp

git pull

rm -rf build

mkdir build && cd build

cmake .. -DGGML_CUDA=ON -DCMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES="120"

make -j$(nproc)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885428&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50019208)



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Date: July 23rd, 2026 1:05 PM
Author: cowardly mad cow disease

I have no idea what that means

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885428&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50019212)



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Date: July 23rd, 2026 1:05 PM
Author: dark electric liquid oxygen hospital

Ask Claude

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885428&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50019214)



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Date: July 23rd, 2026 1:07 PM
Author: yapping corn cake home

tp

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885428&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50019219)



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Date: July 23rd, 2026 1:09 PM
Author: supple preventive strike

you should use ninja

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885428&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50019223)



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Date: July 23rd, 2026 1:16 PM
Author: dark electric liquid oxygen hospital

It's slower for some reason

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885428&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50019238)



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Date: July 23rd, 2026 12:52 PM
Author: yapping corn cake home

wait, do viruses still exist?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885428&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50019189)



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Date: July 23rd, 2026 12:54 PM
Author: cowardly mad cow disease

How do u even get one

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885428&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50019192)



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Date: July 23rd, 2026 12:58 PM
Author: laughsome deranged dilemma

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885428&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50019199)



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Date: July 23rd, 2026 1:06 PM
Author: yapping corn cake home



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885428&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50019216)



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Date: July 23rd, 2026 1:08 PM
Author: dark electric liquid oxygen hospital

Oh yeah they cause pop-ups that say "YOUR COMPUTER IS INFECTED INSTALL CK-CLEANER ENTER EMAIL ADDRESS FOR 15% DISCOUNT"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885428&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50019222)



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Date: July 23rd, 2026 12:52 PM
Author: laughsome deranged dilemma

I use tailscale too, but only so I can SSH into VMs without leaving open ports.

Also lol at anyone who doesn't use a vpn.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885428&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50019190)



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Date: July 23rd, 2026 12:54 PM
Author: cowardly mad cow disease

What's the worst that could happen without a VPN

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885428&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50019191)



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Date: July 23rd, 2026 1:05 PM
Author: dark electric liquid oxygen hospital

You're unable to patch an exploit someone found using Kimi

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885428&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50019213)



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Date: July 23rd, 2026 1:07 PM
Author: Wonderful Bonkers Corner

who's exploiting you?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885428&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50019218)



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Date: July 23rd, 2026 1:12 PM
Author: cowardly mad cow disease



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885428&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50019231)



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Date: July 23rd, 2026 1:29 PM
Author: Big-titted hall



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885428&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50019257)



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Date: July 23rd, 2026 1:38 PM
Author: dark electric liquid oxygen hospital

Some fag in Saigon was trying to get into my Windows PC using Windows Remote Desktop recently. Bitdefender would alert me every few hours that it blocked a "suspicious login attempt" from Vietnam. After several weeks of this I realized I'd left that port exposed. No idea why or when I forwarded that port

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885428&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50019285)



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Date: July 23rd, 2026 2:02 PM
Author: supple preventive strike

ah thus tailscale, ok got it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885428&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50019349)



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Date: July 23rd, 2026 2:04 PM
Author: laughsome deranged dilemma

jfc at using bitdefender

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885428&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50019354)



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Date: July 23rd, 2026 2:05 PM
Author: supple preventive strike



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885428&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50019355)



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Date: July 23rd, 2026 2:42 PM
Author: dark electric liquid oxygen hospital

what do you recommend for someone running Windows on bare metal?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885428&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50019435)



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Date: July 23rd, 2026 2:11 PM
Author: cowardly mad cow disease

How do you even open a port? I'm retarded btw

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885428&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50019365)



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Date: July 23rd, 2026 2:44 PM
Author: dark electric liquid oxygen hospital

Depends on your router, but all of them have a "port forwarding" section in the setup menu. I must have enabled it on this machine for debugging purposes and then forgot to disable it.

For anyone saying "lol Bitdefender" this is why I use it. Microsoft antivirus might have blocked the connection attempts, but it wouldn't have notified me it was happening.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885428&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50019440)



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Date: July 23rd, 2026 2:47 PM
Author: cowardly mad cow disease

Do you think that guy in Vietnam is trying to steal credit for your poasts?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885428&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50019446)



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Date: July 23rd, 2026 2:48 PM
Author: dark electric liquid oxygen hospital

Who says this isn't him poasting right now?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885428&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50019448)



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Date: July 23rd, 2026 2:50 PM
Author: cowardly mad cow disease

How's the phở today?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885428&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50019452)



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Date: July 23rd, 2026 2:51 PM
Author: dark electric liquid oxygen hospital

I'm on dat com dac biet tip, might do the tim gan for lunch

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885428&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50019456)



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Date: July 23rd, 2026 3:03 PM
Author: cowardly mad cow disease

Woah cr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885428&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50019492)



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Date: July 23rd, 2026 3:53 PM
Author: titillating deer antler base

TT leaves his port open to the Vietnamese all the time

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885428&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50019609)



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Date: July 23rd, 2026 4:10 PM
Author: cowardly mad cow disease



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885428&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50019654)



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Date: July 23rd, 2026 4:11 PM
Author: laughsome deranged dilemma



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885428&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50019656)



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Date: July 23rd, 2026 1:10 PM
Author: laughsome deranged dilemma

Depends what you are doing on your computer honestly. Without a VPN your ISP and the local network can see more connection metadata, websites see your residential IP address, and any unencrypted traffic is easier to intercept. One thing is that if you aren't doing any developing or anything like that your risk profile is low. NSAM seems to be using developer tools and managing servers and things like that so more of a risk.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885428&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50019226)



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Date: July 23rd, 2026 1:12 PM
Author: cowardly mad cow disease

Seems like a genuine who gives a shit situation

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885428&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50019230)



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Date: July 23rd, 2026 2:01 PM
Author: supple preventive strike

lol. your goysumer network is constantly being scanned for weaknesses actively and by bots from around the world - hundreds if not thousands of times per hour. it is just a matter of time before networks/computers like yours are hacked. you may already be compromised and not even know it. the only saving grace for people like you is your carrier firewall layer and any hardware firewall built into your modem from your carrier. when those get compromised, you wont be notified or get an apology from the carrier, you will be sol and left to figure it out on your own.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885428&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50019348)



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Date: July 23rd, 2026 2:10 PM
Author: cowardly mad cow disease

I've been on the internet for decades and this has never happened to me before 🤔

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885428&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50019362)



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Date: July 23rd, 2026 3:25 PM
Author: dark electric liquid oxygen hospital

If it's done correctly you'd never know

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885428&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50019538)



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Date: July 23rd, 2026 2:47 PM
Author: dark electric liquid oxygen hospital

All these TP-Link and Netgear routers go years without firmware updates. The Government is coming after them now because of the security risk. Most don't support Tailscale either

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885428&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50019447)



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Date: July 23rd, 2026 3:19 PM
Author: dark electric liquid oxygen hospital

Wow, so Pfsense requires a license that costs $129/yr. Fuck that. Guess I'm gonna have to go with Opnsense.

Also, the faggot ass Asus corporation might be the only company on earth that puts Realtek NICs in their firewalls. I just assumed it was Intel i226-V because that's what literally EVERYONE else uses. I might throw this in the trash or sell it on Facebook for 3x what I paid for it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885428&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50019532)



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Date: July 23rd, 2026 3:49 PM
Author: cowardly mad cow disease

Isn't there a free Community Version?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885428&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50019605)



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Date: July 23rd, 2026 5:17 PM
Author: dark electric liquid oxygen hospital

I thought so but it prompted me for a license at boot. I think they changed something recently got rid of the free version. Most recent image of the CE version is from 2023

https://atxfiles.netgate.com/mirror/downloads/

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885428&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50019955)



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Date: July 23rd, 2026 5:20 PM
Author: cowardly mad cow disease

can you buy a perpetual license version that doesn't require a sub? any company that's sub only is trash and you should boycott

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885428&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50019962)



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Date: July 23rd, 2026 6:39 PM
Author: supple preventive strike

you are doing something wrong. CE 2.8.1 sept 25 is most recent. netgate roadmap says next major CE version 2.9.0 is oct 26. netgate usually does major CE releases annually and a patch half way.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885428&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50020243)



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Date: July 23rd, 2026 7:36 PM
Author: dark electric liquid oxygen hospital

I figured out how to install CE now, but Realtek compatibility is poor so I'm on OPNsense now

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885428&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50020383)



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Date: July 24th, 2026 5:04 PM
Author: dark electric liquid oxygen hospital

Had to ditch the Asus piece of shit because Realtek NICs are so bad. Instead I'm using this and it's very, very good:

https://cwwk.net/collections/frontpage/products/12th-gen-intel-firewall-mini-pc-alder-lake-i3-n305-8-core-n200-n100-fanless-soft-router-proxmox-ddr5-4800mhz-4xi226-v-2-5g?variant=44613920162024

The dumb chinks who sold it accidentally sent me one with 8gb DDR5 and a SSD, even though I ordered barebones. Either way it's beautiful. If I had known they sent one with RAM I would have used it from the start.

Also I decided to stick with OPNsense instead of pfsense just because it's easier to use and has all the features I need. Gorgeous piece of software. Claude helped me configure Adguard Home and Unbound

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5885428&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310690#50022264)