12-12-2013, 05:25 PM
I've been using an old ass P4 computer with an extra PCI NIC card as my router for years now, but after several power failures in my house (a situation I've since mostly resolved) I think the hard drive on it is wonked out and I've been too lazy to go try to find a cheap IDE drive to replace it. Was thinking I should probably just replace the thing with a proper (and much lower power using) setup instead though.
I've seen the old repurposed Neoware thin clients setup to run it on e-bay, as well as some Intel Atom mobos. Are there any other options out there I should be looking at, or are there any standalone routers of comparable quality I can get in the sub $100 price range as well? I did the PFSense setup because I had nothing but problems with cheap routers dropping connections and shit for years, and it's worked much better for me. So I'm looking for something highly reliable, but a bit more compact and power efficient then the old mid-tower computer I'm using now. Wireless is not a consideration since I have some old wireless routers I can bridge to if I REALLY need it, and I have ethernet running to my bedroom and downstairs already anyways.
I've seen the old repurposed Neoware thin clients setup to run it on e-bay, as well as some Intel Atom mobos. Are there any other options out there I should be looking at, or are there any standalone routers of comparable quality I can get in the sub $100 price range as well? I did the PFSense setup because I had nothing but problems with cheap routers dropping connections and shit for years, and it's worked much better for me. So I'm looking for something highly reliable, but a bit more compact and power efficient then the old mid-tower computer I'm using now. Wireless is not a consideration since I have some old wireless routers I can bridge to if I REALLY need it, and I have ethernet running to my bedroom and downstairs already anyways.