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

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Author: Neil Stone via Hampshire
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To: adam.trickett, Hampshire LUG Discussion List
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Home router with DMZ - any suggestions
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How about a BTHH 5a reflashed with OpenWRT... 5 x 1gb + USB.
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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?
>
> --
> Adam Trickett
> Saint-Malo, Bretagne, FRANCE
>
> Wind is a finite resource and harnessing it would slow the
> wind down which would cause temperatures to go up.
>     -- Joe Barton
>        US House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee member

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