Reviewing your original request (sorry, I lost it due to spam filtering in Thunderbird) ... I think this guide might get you in the direction you want: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/04/the-ars-guide-to-building-a-linux-ro... The guide is quite old (last updated ~2018) but still should give you the ideas needed to get your Debian install in the right direction. I still think VyOS is a good method, since you can access Debian any time you want, but this is more along what you asked. On 2023-09-07 10:20, Giles Orr via talk wrote:
As per my previous post, I just purchased a mini-PC which I intend to turn into a router. Is anyone aware of a guide for turning a Debian PC into a _home_ router? I'd like to be running probably DNSmasq, using a blocklist, stuff like that. I've found webpages that tell me how to turn on network forwarding, or maybe configure DNSmasq, but not the whole process.
Please don't suggest pfsense: I'm well aware of it, and it may well be better. But I'm very adept at managing Debian, and initially at least I intend to try to set this up. If it turns out to be direly difficult, pfsense may happen later.
Thanks.
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