On 1/9/19 12:19 AM, John Harris wrote:
On Wednesday, January 9, 2019 3:14:25 AM EST Terry Barnaby wrote:
I know you asked for Fedora, but a standard, low cost router, running
OpenWRT, https://openwrt.org/, would likely be better for the tasks you
mention. OpenWRT is a minimal Linux system with the ability to install
extra packages. It has a simple to use WEB admin system and can do all
the things you mention.
I cannot think of any reason not to use ones distro of choice as their gateway
and/or VPN. I personally use a system Fedora (well, Fedora + Freed-ora-
freedom) for my router and VPN. OpenWRT is not inherently better than Fedora,
and there are many benefits of using Fedora over OpenWRT.
I use Fedora for desktops, laptops, and servers in various places, but
in this case, Fedora is not suitable to run on a wifi router. In a lot
of cases, there is only 8MB of flash to store the OS, or if you're
really lucky or willing to pay a lot more, you can get twice that.
I second the suggestion of using such a device. It's quiet, low power,
and easy config. I have considered, but haven't got around to trying to
setup openvpn on one yet, so that's an unknown. You could find a cheap,
openwrt supported router from a second-hand store to test out before
buying a better one.
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