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Can you recommend an affordable (read readily available used) micro pc that is suitably spec’d for pfsense? I had a look at the Protectli 4Ports but they’re somewhat outside my budget and overkill for my needs. Appreciate your time.
Basically those and things like them. There's a bunch of different models on amazon if you just search for mini firewall. Maybe the protecli fw2b? I think mine is made by qotom
If that's overkill, ddwrt is probably the next best thing I guess?
Thanks for your input. I may need to bite the bullet some time soon. I’m dubious of the to good to be true, no name offerings from the usual e-commerce sites. Hmm.
You could try this. I have two of these (16GB 512GB version) arriving in the post today. They're on offer currently.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005234838380.html?dp=1c009gth2hm7&aff_fcid=454bd2f0582d40858b2fd52e8092eb83-1717654888688-02393-NUUJNoAU&aff_fsk=NUUJNoAU&aff_platform=promotion&sk=NUUJNoAU&aff_trace_key=454bd2f0582d40858b2fd52e8092eb83-1717654888688-02393-NUUJNoAU&terminal_id=41c31be75a2c40b2a9d77b41608f9a7e&afSmartRedirect=y
Appreciate your suggestion. Cheers.