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		nextos on Nov 21, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple Abandons Development of Wireless Routers If you want a good router, and have a bit of time to spare, I think the best route is to buy a low power machine [1], or assemble one yourself and run BSD or Linux. Hopefully, in the near future we can have this done with libre hardware. Cheap POWER stuff would be great. [1] http://www.fit-pc.com/web/products/fitlet/

jeremy7600 on Nov 21, 2016 [–]

I did just this in the 90s and into 2000s with an amd dx4-100, FreeBSD, two network cards and a hub. Best firewall I could have asked for, reports out the wazoo, and was very reliable. And it was all free!

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