I got this box a few months ago and have been using it with OPNSense for a while, and it has been mostly working well however I have been having some issues with my setup so I am considering something less advanced to use with it.
While I find myself fairly competent with tech in general, networking is a whole different realm I haven't explored outside of the basics.
Current issues I have:
Half of my Google Home devices don't work, specifically gen 2 Hub, and mini speakers, older Gen 1 hub, Lenovo Smart Display, and mini speaker work perfectly normal as intended.
Port Forwarding doesn't work, or more likely that I'm just not doing it right as it's a bit more complicated than your mainstream consumer routers.
The additional 2.5GbE ports aren't used for switching yet for making new networks.
Nice features to have:
Link aggregation, as I have a modem that can use two ethernet ports to take advantage of the higher than 1Gb internet connection.
Ability to use Adguard Home, or equivalent
That's kind of it, the main reason for going this route was for getting more 2.5GbE ports for my modem and systems, along with the Comcast provided modem didn't allow me to port forward or even change DNS
While I find myself fairly competent with tech in general, networking is a whole different realm I haven't explored outside of the basics.
Current issues I have:
Half of my Google Home devices don't work, specifically gen 2 Hub, and mini speakers, older Gen 1 hub, Lenovo Smart Display, and mini speaker work perfectly normal as intended.
Port Forwarding doesn't work, or more likely that I'm just not doing it right as it's a bit more complicated than your mainstream consumer routers.
The additional 2.5GbE ports aren't used for switching yet for making new networks.
Nice features to have:
Link aggregation, as I have a modem that can use two ethernet ports to take advantage of the higher than 1Gb internet connection.
Ability to use Adguard Home, or equivalent
That's kind of it, the main reason for going this route was for getting more 2.5GbE ports for my modem and systems, along with the Comcast provided modem didn't allow me to port forward or even change DNS