I recently obtained a Dell t620 that I’ve rack mounted, and I’m using to upgradey homelab. I’m also thinking I should upgrade my routernsince I’m having to reconfigure a lot with the new server(I have a 12 year old Netgear wireless router).

Any recommendations for a rack mounted router?

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    1 year ago

    I’m running OPNsense on a Dell PowerEdge R210 II that I bought used. It’s been running great for 2 years or so. I’ve really liked OPNSense.

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      1 year ago

      Forgot to mention that before I got the R210 II, I had a Ubiquiti Unifi USG-PRO-4. It worked okay but the hardware is pretty low end. You get a nice pretty UI and many more options/configuration compared to a consumer router, but it’s hamstrung compared to what you can do with OPNsense/pfSense IMO.

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    1 year ago

    You can get Mini-ITX 19" rack mounts.

    IMHO, it’ll use less power than a server, plus, it’s about the right amount of processing power for a router / firewall (I use pfSense, but there are other router solutions out there)

    You won’t want to virtualise / containerise that function, so anything more powerfull can be kept in a separate device.

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    1 year ago

    Are you looking for something with a nice UI or just hardware you can install your OS on and roll everything yourself? What’s your budget?

    Ubiquiti makes a pretty user-friendly rack-mounted router: https://store.ui.com/us/en/products/udm-pro

    You can also check out pfSense, which is an OS that does routing and more. You can install it on your own hardware or buy a machine through them: https://www.pfsense.org/products/

    If you’re just looking for a compact server that you can install your own OS on, then SuperMicro has a sale going on right now: https://store.supermicro.com/us_en/catalogsearch/result/?q=SuperServer 1u&categories=Deals

    Just know that whatever you pick to replace the router-portion of your current Netgear device, you’ll also have to invest in a separate WiFi access point to provide your wireless network.