Knowledge base
This is a collection of articles in which we publish our own, real-life throughput tests, installation instruction, and infrormation related to networking.
Basic information
- Which router should I buy?
- Which operating system should I have on my router?
- What's the difference between APU2, APU3 and APU4?
- 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
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
- Router CPU performance comparison
- APU OpenVPN and Wireguard performance benchmark
- Wireless throughput test
- APU CPU temperature
pfSense / OPNsense optimizations
- pfSense performance optimization for gigabit throughput
- OPNsense performance optimizations for gigabit throughput
Hardware assembly
Board schematics and BIOS
- PC Engines board schematics and BIOS
- APU2 APU3 APU4 BIOS upgrade
- Reconfigure BIOS on APU routers
- APU BIOS performance comparison
Troubleshooting
- pfSense not booting after power loss
- Kernel Panic on APU board due to CPB
- OpenWRT automatic installer
- Serial connection on Windows
- Serial connection on MacOS
- Serial connection on Linux
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