Knowledge base
This is a collection of articles in which we publish our own, real-life throughput tests, installation instruction, and information related to networking.
Please note, many of the articles below are for the discontinued APU hardware line. The articles are kept around for the existing users, but will gradually be archived, or moved to a separate section
Basic information
- Which router should I buy?
- Which operating system should I have on my router?
- Comparison of 16 different router operating systems
- pfSense vs OPNsense detailed comparison
First steps after purchase - getting started
- Connecting OPNsense router to the network - first steps
- Connecting your pfSense router to the network
- Connecting your IPFire router to the network
- Connecting your OpenWRT router to the network
Access Points
- AX820 Getting Started
- AX880 Getting Started
- AX820 Access Point system upgrade and troubleshooting
- AX880 Access Point system upgrade and troubleshooting
4G / LTE connectivity
- OpenWRT 4G WAN configuration
- pfSense 4G WAN configuration
- OPNSense 4G WAN configuration
- pfSense/OPNSense LTE modem troubleshooting
- Debian LTE failover (external link)
Wireless
- What Operating System should I choose for Access Point?
- OpenWRT WiFi configuration instructions
- Debian Wireless Router Tutorial
- IPFire WiFi configuration instructions
- pfSense WiFi configuration instructions
- WiFi network throughput benchmark
OS serial installation instructions
Hardware and OS benchmarking
Troubleshooting
- pfSense not booting after power loss
- Serial connection on Windows
- Serial connection on MacOS
- Serial connection on Linux
Archived
- Building your own APU router from scratch
- PC Engines board schematics and BIOS
- APU2 APU3 APU4 BIOS update
- Reconfigure BIOS on APU routers
- APU BIOS performance comparisonAPU OpenVPN and Wireguard performance benchmark
- APU CPU temperature
- pfSense performance optimization for gigabit throughput
- OPNsense performance optimizations for gigabit throughput
- Kernel Panic on APU board due to CPB
- OpenWRT automatic installer
Guest articles
These articles are written by our customers.
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