Re: [Hampshire] Home router with DMZ - any suggestions

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Author: A. J. Trickett via Hampshire
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To: Marc Loftus
CC: A. J. Trickett, Hampshire LUG Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Home router with DMZ - any suggestions
Marc,

On Mon, 12 Apr 2021 at 09:10:29PM +0100, Marc Loftus wrote:
> I was also going to suggest dd-wrt. I've flashed a couple of old routers.


That's one option, wasn't sure how good or bad it is. I don't
really want a lot, but having WireGuard built into the router
would be useful.

> On Mon, 12 Apr 2021, 19:07 Neil Stone via Hampshire, <
> hampshire@???> wrote:
>
> > <2p>
> > How about a BTHH 5a reflashed with OpenWRT... 5 x 1gb + USB.
> > </2p>
> >
> > On Mon, 12 Apr 2021 at 15:45, A. J. Trickett via Hampshire <
> > hampshire@???> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> In the near future I'm hoping to get FTTP. The roll out in France
> >> is fibre to the actual house with a single RG45 Gig-E connection
> >> from the media converter.
> >>
> >> For my money I get:
> >> 2 Gig download speeds
> >> 1 Gig upload speeds
> >> 1 x IPv4 address
> >> 1 x IPv6 block
> >> No transfer cap
> >>
> >> I think they also give you a crappy ISP router/switch which you
> >> may or may not have to keep.
> >>
> >> Assuming I can swap the device out I'm thinking of setting my own
> >> router up, with WAN, DMZ and LAN ports. Because the address is
> >> static, I can route stuff to the DMZ and keep that separate from
> >> everything else.
> >>
> >> One of the reasons for doing this is so I can run WireGuard
> >> directly on the router and hook it to other houses with family
> >> members in, and to my server in York (to get a UK GeoIP).
> >>
> >> I'm happy with the software, using a stripped down Debian, or
> >> router distro, but not sure what hardware to look for.
> >>
> >> Any suggestions?
> >>


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Adam Trickett
Saint-Malo, Bretagne, FRANCE

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