Originally posted by cynical
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But imho when the price goes beyond the 150 euro it's better to split functions out and buy multiple different devices instead of a single one. In embedded systems, the point where they are most cost-efficient is when they are performing one or two functions at most.
Turris is cool and all (as long as you need serious CPU power and RAM in a router anyway, as the other guy said, services, VPN, network shares, whatever), and is less stupid than Gaming routers what cost up to 600 euros and look like an alien ship (with obligatory RGB lights), but in my experience the rule of thumb above holds true more often than not. If you are breaking the 150 euro ceiling, start looking at what functions you can split out.
For example buying something cheaper to do the router/firewall job and an additional wifi access point you go and place somewhere else in the house (the only real way to "boost the wifi", the way "pros do it"), or add a small home NAS where you can run all services you want, or all three. Or a decent 5 or 8 or 16-port gigabit switch to bring each room its own gigabit ethernet cable.
It's also better in the long run for upgrades as if you bought many devices you can upgrade something by just changing one piece of the infrastructure, you don't need to buy a whole new 300 euro monster again.
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