Should You Build Your Own Router?

Build your perfect router: Seeed CM4 Dual Gigabit Router Board https://www.seeedstudio.com/Rapberry-Pi-CM4-Dual-GbE-Carrier-Board-p-4874.html J4125 Appliance/Router https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003904912803.html Gigabyte IMB1900TN https://www.gigabyte.com/us/Motherboard/GA-IMB1900TN-rev-10 DDR3 SODIMM RAM https://geni.us/FDLD (Amazon) M.2 SATA SSD https://geni.us/6VMpX7 (Amazon) miniPCIe Ethernet Card https://geni.us/sNYDfa (Amazon) MiniITX Case https://geni.us/uVaHAI (Amazon) Follow me: Twitter https://twitter.com/notthebeeee GitHub https://github.com/notthebee Twitch https://twitch.com/notthebeee Support the channel: Patreon https://patreon.com/WolfgangsChannel PayPal (one time donation) https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=S46R487SBMJZ8 Music: Videos are edited with Davinci Resolve Studio. I use Affinity Photo for thumbnails and Ableton Live for audio editing. Video gear: Camera https://geni.us/K8OOyKV (Amazon) Main lens https://geni.us/jnnElY4 (Amazon) Microphone https://geni.us/tgiSqL (Amazon) Key light https://geni.us/Gi1zE2 (Amazon) Softbox https://geni.us/F86pM (Amazon) Secondary light https://geni.us/aciv (Amazon) Other stuff that I use: Monitor https://geni.us/KUzcmcP (Amazon) Monitor arm https://geni.us/5RXu (Amazon) Laptop stand https://geni.us/X5vx9Af (Amazon) Keyboard https://www.amazon.de/HHKB-PD-KB401W-Tastenkappen-Professionelle-Mechanische/dp/B082TXQD1S Mouse https://geni.us/KB7h (Amazon) Audio interface https://geni.us/sdhWsC (Amazon) As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 0:49 Why build your own router? 2:20 Can you even build your own router? 3:42 What hardware do you need? 5:49 Why not just flash OpenWRT on a cheap router? 7:18 So... What should I get instead? 7:45 Seeed CM4 Dual Gigabit Ethernet Board 10:48 Noname J4125 Router from AliExpress 12:48 Custom-built MiniITX router 16:13 What about the Wi-Fi? 17:03 Outro