Just redid my home network with OPNsense 🎉
My old (OpenWRT) router lives on as a dumb AP. Can't wait to break my internet constantly as I tinker with it over the next few weeks
Discussion
just starting down the rabbithole. is the project just for fun or what are you trying to get out of OPNSense? What kind of hardware did you spring for?
Mostly just for fun, though VLAN management is a lot easier with this setup. I'm also hoping to play around with Deep Packet Inspection (HakcerFactor's No-NOC networking series got me excited about the possibilities there).
For hardware I just took a machine I had lying around (r5 3600 + 2x4GB DDR4-3200 + GTX 1070) & threw a cheap 4-port NIC in it. Costed me about $20 off of eBay. Access Point is a Linksys E8450 (bought it last year as it was the first WiFi 6 router with OpenWRT support)