Hello.
I want to create and setup a firewall solution for my home and I need help to see what solutions exist out there and what would be ideal for my situation. Mind you I am not really network savy.
I need:
- the firewall to be a dedicated device.
- reasonable security.
- to run a VPN on the device with the ability for split tunneling for certain domains/IPs on the device.
- the "prevent internet when VPN disconnected" option.
- multiple Ethernet inputs to connect more than one user-device if needed.
- ability to create different filtering rules for each user-device that is connected.
- some way of connecting to the firewall-device wirelessly as well, in case a wired connection is not practical.
- that wireless router to have some random mac address ability so that I can change its "visible" ID when I move (in order to prevent movement tracking by mac address).
- easy access to control panel to show me logs of connections made, not just IPs but actual domain addresses, as reading just IP numbers is impractical.
I have topically heard of some solutions like PFSense, OpenSense, openWRT, and the RaspberryPi option. I think PF Sense might do what I want but the price tag is just too expensive for me given that I need multiple devices. I'm wondering what other alternatives I should consider that would still do what I want?
I thought maybe I can get some of those RaspberryPi like SBCs and expand their network jacks with switches and maybe extend them with wifi modules for the wifi part, or even just get a separate wifi router and run it in front of one of the firewalls. But I don't really know what to get and how to arrange and setup.
So I'm wondering if anyone here can suggest and give me guidance.
Thank you.