• Lemmyng@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    I do have an old laptop, and I could install OPNSense on it, though I’m not sure if it has a second NIC card, which seems to be a requirement for running any router software on a PC. Please correct me if I’m wrong, tho.

    • Cousin Mose@lemmy.hogru.ch
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      6 hours ago

      Yeah that’s kind of the downside. I considered using a Raspberry Pi but it felt weird to use its Ethernet port alongside some micro USB → Ethernet adapter that probably wouldn’t hit 1 Gbps anyway.

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        1 hour ago

        Ah, so it just needs another ethernet port, if I understand you correctly? So an ethernet adapter would work?