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Pretty much any router will handle that.

If you want do open source, you can do something like opnwrt on hardware they support. Or, build the whole thing yourself with opnsense on any device that can run FreeBSD.

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cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Most routers don’t support open source firmware. If you want privacy and firmware updates, it needs to be supported by OpenWRT.

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SuperSpruce@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
What are good brands that don’t sell your data? Is TP-link okay?

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- AbidanYre@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  FWIW their Kasa line of smart switches started getting pretty shitty about needing an account and internet access to work.
  
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  - jjlinux@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    You can still run the smart switches locally if you have the ones that support matter. But yeah, the old ones do require internet connection, which sucks.
    
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    AbidanYre@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    I got them to work by putting them on the IOT vlan and only letting them talk to homeassistant. But the app for the initial setup needs internet access and an account.
    
    So it’s possible, but it’s a pain in the ass and they’re definitely on the never-buy-again list.
    
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- AndyMFK@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  I’m happy with my TP-Link Omada router. Very capable, super easy to use, feature packed. More than capable for your needs and gives you room to grow to setup more advanced networking
  
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