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Opnsense on basically anything. That’s what I’d recommend as a platform, so see if they have recommended hardware for cell network support.

Or if you’re okay with commercial products, cradlepoint makes good cell network hardware. But you should still have a separate firewall/router and just use the cradlepoint as a modem.

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philpo@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Yeah. Would be my recommendation, too. For the size of the lab a Zimba seems a good choice if something new is what OP wants, otherwise a MiniPC.

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lemming741@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
I’m running it virtualized in proxmox, mostly for the challenge. And boy was it a challenge. Runs great now though!

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- SheeEttin@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  I don’t really recommend virtualizing network infrastructure. If you break proxmox, you will probably lose Internet access entirely.
  
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  - lemming741@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Oh you do and I have.
    
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  - HiTekRedNek@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    My network actually ran better when my OpnSense was virtualized on a Proxmox server running atop a Dell Optiplex 790 MT from like 2013, than it is currently on a bare metal Sophos SG-135v2.
    
    But that is because the sophos has 8 ports. And all 8 are a separate interface, so to use them as a switch requires bridging 7 of the 8.
    
    And that slows things down tremendously. I really just need an 8 port switch in there, I guess.
    
    The upshot is, the sophos came with rack mounts.
    
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