Can I create my own super modem ?

R3X · 4 Oct 2013 at 16:38

Hi no idea if this is possible or exist, but was wondering can I build my own Modem with something like pfsense live cd and mini-itx pc, and combine it to work like a storage or nas ?

Was wondering if something like this already existed on the market ?

Reason I want to do this is my tomato Asus RT-N16 modem is to slow and its cpu can only push out 8meg per sec via OpenVPN.

Any ideas is appreciated thx

quickshot89 · 4 Oct 2013 at 16:57

Modem no, router yes

R3X · 4 Oct 2013 at 22:28

Yes meant Router, has anyone tried it before or might there already be such a product that acts like a Nas with router capabilities ?

paradigm · 4 Oct 2013 at 22:47

Could try XPenology. I use my synology NAS as my DHCP, DNS, Directory, and VPN server, and with XPenology you can install the Synology OS on quite a decent array of x86 hardware.

R3X · 5 Oct 2013 at 00:09

Xpenology looks interesting will look into it, does anyone know if synology offer such a feature to make its nas act as a router also ?

Rainmaker · 5 Oct 2013 at 00:52

Yes, ClearOS does this as does pfSense, m0n0wall, smoothwall etc etc.... You can also configure a netinstall of Debian quite easily, or similar.

It's good fun, and even a small Atom box or similar will provide way more processing power than anything you can buy. Go for a CPU with AES-NI instructions and you'll get virtually nil CPU overhead for OpenVPN's AES encryption/decryption. It's something I've played with myself, there are plenty of guides on Google to get you started.

R3X · 5 Oct 2013 at 18:33

Rainmaker said:
Yes, ClearOS does this as does pfSense, m0n0wall, smoothwall etc etc.... You can also configure a netinstall of Debian quite easily, or similar.

It's good fun, and even a small Atom box or similar will provide way more processing power than anything you can buy. Go for a CPU with AES-NI instructions and you'll get virtually nil CPU overhead for OpenVPN's AES encryption/decryption. It's something I've played with myself, there are plenty of guides on Google to get you started.

thx rainmaker really helpful advice will take a look at the above

I will look for an cpu with AES-NI also thx.

I see a few guys around the net a few synology nas owners with dual ethernets asking how to turn there nas into a super router or add firewall/internet duties, so am not alone in my weird thinking !