I wonder though; when you're going to the lengths of making your own router, is it not better to just go a step up and build a NAS at the same time? I had a look at mini-ITX motherboards with more ...

Building your own router might sound like a fools errand, but Ars Technica found that it was not only pretty simple, it also produced better results than most commercial options. Get the latest smart ...

In our first installment, we described why you need a Linux-based network appliances. Today, we’re going to start construction. (Please see the Introduction to this series for hardware requirements.) ...

I've used many different network configurations lately, from custom OPNsense boxes to Eero mesh networks, have used custom firmware on various hardware, several generations of Ubiquiti, and I am ...

In this series of articles, I'm showing how to build a transparent firewall using OpenWrt (Linux) running on an inexpensive Linksys WRT54GL wireless router. In Part I, I explained why firewalls are ...

Why run your firewall on the same box as your router? What's the point in running a router with only 2 interfaces? All packets that come in on A are going out on B and vice-versa unless stopped by the ...