Hello selfhosted.
My router just burnt up and instead of buying a new one, I’m thinking of turning my own built NAS/home server into a router. Is this possible?
The server in question is a normal computer running debian, where I have a few disks in RAID and host some web services. The motherboard only has one RJ45 port, so my guess is that I have to at least get a network card that supports 2 ports. I’m no stranger to linux but physical networking is not my home field, though I’m very interested.
If someone could point me in the right direction, I would be more than happy.
Add to that, for an extant installation I’d rec Incus for the VM work with its web-ui. You get to keep your kernel, you’re less tied at the hip to it.
2 port Intel NIC + some switch and your server is a router too. Opnsense’s web ui is great, can be difficult to find stuff but searching gets you there, but most is easy enough and it’s the best web ui + automatic updates for routers out there.