My ER-Lite died. Again. Seeing as I'll most likely need to resort to all sorts of low level tinkering to get it running again, it occurs to me that this is an opportunity to try something else.
I was poking around online for some *cheap* thing with >1 ethernet port to run pfSense/OPNsense on bare metal. I found these little HP boxes
on ebay, and searching led me here. They seemed like a good idea initially, but thoroughly reading this entire thread left room for doubt. I've noticed a couple people using them to run pfSense. I'm curious - how does it perform as a router/firewall appliance? Any gotchas? Wondering if it's worth it. Is there a better option for the money? Should I give it a try, or back away slowly in mute horror?
Facts, I can find on my own. I'm looking for opinions.