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doubled112yesterday at 7:26 PM2 repliesview on HN

Like most things, really. I used to build routers from old PCs, but eventually those tiny appliances caught up with the performance/functionality I need.

You can do a lot of routing on a $70 Mikrotik, although they might not be "easy".


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essephyesterday at 8:00 PM

I really want to end up with one of these for at least a few months: https://mikrotik.com/product/rds2216

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j45yesterday at 7:37 PM

For sure, it's a path and passage towards devices like that.

Everyone has a starting point, starting with soemone has lying around is one thing.. the quicker they can get going the more they can get to leveraging the real power in most devices.