Hi, I got a new router from my ISP, but it doesn’t even have an option to change the address of the DNS server…

So I’m gonna switch (if necessary also the ISP).

I have never used a custom router, so I would appreciate a push in the right direction. What can you recommend? Synology? FritzBox? Asus? Bridge Mode on the ISP router + RasPi?

The following I am running on a separate device, but if possible it would be nice to have it directly on the router device:

  • PiHole
  • Wireguard
  • DDNS updater
  • farcallerEnglish
    6·
    8 months ago

    One more for mikrotik (I run the VM version on a small linux box).

    I tested a ton of those (pf/opn-senses, VyOS, even Cisco), and noone of the free ones can handle IPv6 in a reasonable way in 2024, which is slightly bizzare. Mikrotik has some annoyances, but it’s rock solid as a router.

    I don’t use its container features and instead run podman in a vm next to it. Works great.

    • ___@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      8 months ago

      How do you mean? IPv6 in OPNsense is working fine.

      • farcallerEnglish
        1·
        8 months ago

        OpnSense is incapable of proper DHCPv6-PD, that’s when your route receives a prefix from upstream and delegates parts of it downstream. More specifically, it does the delegation, but it doesn’t add the relevant routes, effectively blackholing the allocated prefixes.

        VyOS fixed this specific bug since I reported it. RouterOS and IOS never had it.

        • ___@lemm.eeEnglish
          1·
          7 months ago

          I’m isolated from this I suppose as I still use a separate line for upload. PD delegates and opens ports. What CIDR ranges do you use?

          • farcallerEnglish
            1·
            7 months ago

            PD delegates the whole prefixes, i.e. it allows the subrouters to ask for a subnet of the size they need.