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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>== Project Overview ==<br />
A "business grade" router is often the first project for most home-labbers. It's central to most tasks done within your lab. Having a solid router with the features and capabilities is key to a successful home lab. <br />
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Describe the project, what are the expected outcomes? Are there tangible benefits to completing this project? (Ex: Setting up Nagios allows you to monitor the health of various facets of your network) Are there common pitfalls with this project or generally things to watch out for? <br />
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==== Prerequisite Projects ====<br />
* [[Project_Hypervisor101|'''Setup a hypervisor 101''']] - If setting up a virtual router<br />
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==== Specialised Hardware ====<br />
* A "whitebox" router platform like [https://www.netgate.com/solutions/pfsense/#on-premises NetGate], [http://www.qotom.net/category-29-b0-Micro+PC.html Qotom] can be used if you don't want to use an old desktop or run a virtual router <br />
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==== Projects built on this projects ====<br />
* Almost all projects listed in this wiki rely on your router in some way<br />
* [[Project Router201|'''Setup a router 201''']]<br />
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=== Implementations ===<br />
* [[Project Router101_pfSense|'''pfSense''']] (recommended) <br />
** Pros to pfSense<br />
*** Free Open Source Software<br />
*** Has all the features you might want<br />
*** Huge community and lots of guides for available features <br />
*** Very mature platform<br />
** Cons to pfSense<br />
*** Available features can be overwhelming<br />
*** Some features are more complex to setup<br />
* [[Project Router101_Untangle|'''Untangle''']]<br />
** Pros to Untangle<br />
*** Easier interface for some <br />
** Cons to Untangle<br />
*** The simplicity of the UI sometimes hides or otherwise blocks more advanced features<br />
*** User community is smaller so it can be more difficult to find resources<br />
* [[Project_Router101_Edgerouter|'''Ubiquiti EdgeRouter X''']] <br />
** Pros to EdgeRouter X<br />
*** Simple UI <br />
*** Many advanced features<br />
*** 5 Gigabit ports<br />
** Cons to EdgeRouter X <br />
*** Need to buy the specific hardware, though it's affordable <br />
*** The simplicity of the UI sometimes hides or otherwise blocks more advanced features<br />
*** User community is smaller so it can be more difficult to find resources<br />
* [[Project_Router101_SophosXGHome|'''Sophos XG Home''']] <br />
** Pros to Sophos XG<br />
*** Simple UI<br />
*** License with full features free for Home use<br />
*** Many advanced features (Cluster, IPs, Websecurity, Firewall, Userportal, SSL/IPSec VPN, SSL/IPSec Point2Point VPN)<br />
*** Can be installed as Physical or Virtual<br />
*** Big community of IT-Professional and Home-Lab Users.<br />
** Cons to Sophos XG<br />
*** Log File troubleshooting, could be integrated better in the UI.</div>openhomelab>Taranus