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Motorola effectively bricked its entire line of WiFi routers without explanation (mashable.com)
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[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That doesn't transmit wifi though, right?

[–] Quantumantics@fedia.io 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

From a quick look at the documentation, if the hardware has WiFi capability you can configure OPNsense to be an access point as well. Personally, I keep the two separate: I have a small N200-based box as my OPNsense router and a separate access point running OpenWRT for the wifi devices on my network.

[–] partofthevoice@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I can’t find anything that doesn’t bottleneck my available bandwidth of 2Gb/s. I’ve looked, they get expensive after 1Gb/s speed. Couldn’t find anything mini PCs that can do it.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

What is your use case for that kind of speed in a residential setting?

[–] Duallight@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago

I have the same 2Gb/s speed at my place. Its $10 more a month than 1Gb/s, making it easy to justify. I have no need for it besides bragging rights haha

[–] partofthevoice@lemmy.zip 1 points 23 hours ago

It’s just buying stability in peak moments. Lots of family member members, and lots of devices.

[–] Duallight@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I have 2 Gb/s down using opnsense on a n150 mini pc. The one I got has 2 x 2.5gb ports. I don't have too many devices, but I've never had issues getting that full download speed. During downloads where I hit my full speed, it hits about 30% usage. During normal usage like games/streaming/web browsing I don't see above 10% usage.

[–] partofthevoice@lemmy.zip 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Any chance you remember where you got it from? Did it come with the two NICs at 2.5Gb/s out the box?

[–] Duallight@lemmy.today 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Looks like they don't make it anymore but I got the aoostar n1 pro on amazon. I would try eBay or AliExpress to find something similar. https://www.amazon.com/AOOSTAR-N1-PRO-Upgraded-Full-Featured/dp/B0F9K1G96Q

It has both 2.5 gigabit ports built in. Its basically purpose built for opnsense. I just connected a multi gig switch and a WAP and it's great.

[–] partofthevoice@lemmy.zip 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Interesting, found this for $420

https://a.co/d/04JpAcyp

[–] Duallight@lemmy.today 1 points 6 hours ago

That would definitely work. It's overkill but with the current PC market it might be hard to find something cheaper. I paid $140 for mine about a year ago