u/Fantomias

Need help choosing hardware

Hi everyone, this question has probably been asked a million times but i need some recommendations for hardware and so I turn to you, dear Reddit hive mind. I'm getting Fiber Optic Cable soon and thus have to replace my Fritz!Box anyways. So I was thinking of getting something I can tinker with and also supports splitting my network into separate Subnets. I'm already running OPNSense behind my current Fritz!Box on a VM, but dedicated hardware seems like the right way to go.

My requirements are the following:

* Very energy efficient (German energy prices are insane)

* At least 3 NICs

* Future Proof (so maybe 2.5 or even 10 GbE NICs)

* Hopefully cheaper than 300-400€

In also planning to use the VPN but only for a few users.

Thanks for your help me advance :)

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u/Fantomias — 5 days ago