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drnick1 ◴[] No.45172755[source]
Another option (depending on your requirements) is to use normal "workstation" Linux distro like Debian on an regular x86 PC equipped with two NICs. I added an SFP28 dual NIC to an old gaming PC and now use it as a router/home server and can saturate the link (25Gbps). I get north of 4Gbps through Wireguard too. Routing and the firewall are built into the kernel so you don't really need a specific distro. I just added a DNS server (Unbound in recursive mode) and a DHCP server. For WiFi I use hostapd, but an external AP would be a better solution for most people.
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1. nicolas314 ◴[] No.45194567[source]
Did you manage to get IPv6 prefix delegation working with dynamic prefixes? Best solution I found involves scripting to re-build config files and restart a daemon, where OpenWRT just does it out of the box.
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2. drnick1 ◴[] No.45217605[source]
I have a public IPv4 so I did not have to deal with that fortunately, but can you not emulate what OpenWrt does? It's based on Linux after all.