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OPNsense on bare metal: 18 months as the only perimeter firewall
A homelab operator replaced an ISP router with OPNsense on dedicated hardware after deploying an Akash provider. The firewall runs on bare metal to avoid sharing resources with hypervisors and workloads. Four war stories and four unfinished tasks highlight real-world lessons from 18 months of edge security.
Meridian48 take
The piece is a practical retrospective, not a marketing pitch, but its lessons are niche to homelab operators running DePIN infrastructure.
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