Anything with Kaby Lake is good enough, with Tiger Lake it's even better. So if you look for used PC should choose at least Core i3 8th Gen, or Gemini Lake like Celeron J4125. New purchase just go for N100, basically unbeatable.
fakemanhk
joined 10 months ago
TRIM on Pi is possible if the USB controller supports it. Even without TRIM the USB SSD is ALWAYS having longer life and running a lot faster than SD card, and not to mention sometimes we need much bigger storage only (e.g. previously I used my Pi4B as torrent client alongside with PiHole/UPS management, plugging a SSD to it just fits the purpose)
And not everyone is buying Pi at high price, for example I have 3 x Pi4B purchased long time ago which were cheap.
As long as you are able to deal with mDNS (either allowing broadcast through VLAN, or with reflector), your Chromecast and/or Apple TV can be on a separate network without problem.
QNAP is a big NO......looking at their track record on security....
If you want to build one, you can think about getting TerraMaster 4 bay with Intel based CPU, replace the boot USB stick and you can boot your own NAS software
I suggest OpenWrt, for me I have GL-INET MT1300 (Beryl) which is a travel size 802.11ac router with OpenWrt 23.05.x firmware which provides great feature and security, if you want more processing power and/or higher line speed you can even go with GL-INET MT3000 (Beryl AX) which has 2.5G WAN port + 802.11ax WiFi!
Run pfSense/OPNsense/OpenWrt in Proxmox
- You definitely need to upgrade, C3700 is still a 802.11n one which is too old.
- Prefer to separate them.
- If you hire someone to run cable, run some ethernet cables to desired places for various WiFi AP connections.
- When you have the ethernet connections from #3, you don't need mesh any more, hard wiring WiFi APs together is the way to go.
- If you go for #3, why not just let them fix (or re-do)?
It really depends on use case, if I don't need it, then I wouldn't care. Previously I bought the no USB Netgear WAX206 and flashed to OpenWrt, since it's marketed as small business AP so the signal range was way better then most devices I can find in similar price range. USB? I don't need it on a router so I am OK.
The ToH sometimes might not be very updated, but you can check the firmware selector:
For more details I recommend you to discuss in OpenWrt reddit sub or their forum.
Cudy X6 or WR3000
Cudy X6 or WR3000, they are just a bit over $40 and should be good for latest 23.05.2
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R86S has the N100/N305 version which is a lot faster.