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Do you lains know what modems are good to replace the ISP provided one with? Laptop taken care of w/ wired connection, but modem is that which has remained unchanged, and I have the freedom to change it to one that I want. Obviously needs Firewall capabilities as well as packet routing and other network functions.

Frankly, I try to consider the modem for all intents and purposes "the ISP's" and just like it's a media converter Since don't most US ISPs actually digitally manage the thing anyway? I literally bought mine off Amazon, yet there's parts of it I can't access, particularly the firmware update page Get the dumbest one you can that supports the bandwidth you need, then do ya own network jiggering/management on a device for that purpose, rather than trying to cram both functionalities (network management, and sending/receiving coaxial signal) into one device, no?

I used an APU2C4 for a long time, tried to run OBSD on it but that was too much effort so I just used pfSense, it's really convenient. It depends on what kind of connection you have though, if you have like a gigabit then you're going to need a more powerful device.

>>8117 Yeah if you're running OpenBSD hardware compatibility is kind of an issue. You've got to actively look for hardware that's been tested and confirmed working. Great choice for a firewall/router OS overall though.

Put your own router in front of it. Most of the time an ADSL or PON box could not be replaced easily because the ISP bases their service on whole devices with specific upgradeable firmware and capable hardware supplied by vendor, not just few lines in config. An example: to replace a $15 Huawei shartbox GPON terminal you will need: $20 Huawei SFP module and $200 router with SFP slot. Also, you will have to open up the SFP module and flash it's memory with hard-coded firmware parameters from GPON terminal, or ask the ISP to accept your SFP module on their side. All this hassle for what anyways? The SFP module is not a simple network card, it's a microcomputer on itself, why not just forget about ISP box and put your own router between your real private network and ISP's infrastructure.

>>8113 Do yourself a good favour and google OpenWrt or DDWrt, and just buy and use one of the supported routers. Problem solved, more or less. Also, you know you're probably NOT being attacked by the NSA, right? Either set up your own VPN, or use Tor if you're concerned.

>>8518 Do not use your own VPN unless you just want to expand your LAN, that's why anonymizing networks exist

The edgerouter x is 50brouzoufs and has actually good firmware. it supports gigabit, can do 100mbit under smart queue which if you do anything where latency is critical.