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In this guide I’ll take you through every step of making a working router that does NAT, Firewalling, DNS and DHCP. The only caveat is it’s limited to 100Mbs full duplex so if you’ll be routing more than ~80Mbs of traffic then you should look at something faster.

You’ll learn more about how a router, Linux and basic networking works by setting it up from scratch.

Buying it probably won’t make you broke.

It’s tiny, smaller than most consumer routers.

So why would anyone want to use a Raspberry Pi as a router if it’s only going to be slower and more complicated? You’ll have a router sitting there using 50-100W of power 24/7 with a very simple setup process and a nice web GUI. Grab an old PC, add a 2nd NIC, install pfSense (a Router distribution of FreeBSD) and you’re done. Do you have an interest in tech and enjoy the odd DIY project?