Hello,
My wife and I have a white box running freenas and a dell poweredge R710 running a few VMs for backups, plex, and misc other tasks. After we added the R710 I started to realize the limitations of our Verizon fios router and began to research alternatives that would enable me to run something with a little more flexibility like openwrt and pfsense. In that research it became abundantly clear that had I done a little more looking around I could have saved some money and had a much more reliable and powerful router. Right now I am able to route everything that I need to. However, I do travel quite a bit and having some of the options that Pfsense offers with the ease of setup like openvpn would be a huge help. Especially when I'm out of town and need to "look in" on the server and perform maintenance. We are now in the process of moving and will need to contact AT&T to setup service at our new apartment fairly soon.
The few posts that I have been able to find on the AT&T system is that there is no good alternative to their routers or the ability to bypass them. Has anyone here on this forum had any experience with AT&Ts service or knowledge of better routing options than what they provide.
Any input would be greatly appreciated.
Loren
My wife and I have a white box running freenas and a dell poweredge R710 running a few VMs for backups, plex, and misc other tasks. After we added the R710 I started to realize the limitations of our Verizon fios router and began to research alternatives that would enable me to run something with a little more flexibility like openwrt and pfsense. In that research it became abundantly clear that had I done a little more looking around I could have saved some money and had a much more reliable and powerful router. Right now I am able to route everything that I need to. However, I do travel quite a bit and having some of the options that Pfsense offers with the ease of setup like openvpn would be a huge help. Especially when I'm out of town and need to "look in" on the server and perform maintenance. We are now in the process of moving and will need to contact AT&T to setup service at our new apartment fairly soon.
The few posts that I have been able to find on the AT&T system is that there is no good alternative to their routers or the ability to bypass them. Has anyone here on this forum had any experience with AT&Ts service or knowledge of better routing options than what they provide.
Any input would be greatly appreciated.
Loren