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Need help for Network Operating Systems (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by ulysse132@alien.top to c/main@selfhosted.forum

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Hello,

I first post this thread to r/networking

I have a mici pc with multiple nic like this one : multiple ethernet Mini PC

I used to install proxmox on it and use it as router. But now, I have a bigger server for my virtualisation. I want this mini pc to become just a vlan aware switch. I want to be able to change its configuration and vlan attribution with a simple clic.

I don't need firewall for this device.

What OS would you advice me to use ?

Thanks for your help !

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[–] zanfar@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

None.

It's exceedingly unlikely that ANY general-use network OS will recognize or even run on it. Even if it did, as it lacks actual switching hardware, it would make a very poor switch.

As for "change its ... VLAN [configuration] with a simple click" that's almost certainly an XY problem.

[–] Darkextratoasty@alien.top 2 points 11 months ago

Most of these boxes are just Celeron or Intel i3 based computers with a few extra NICs, they'll run pretty much anything just fine. They don't have actual switching hardware, but they've got enough CPU juice to push gigabit connections with a few simple rules/filters. I have an n5105 based one with six i226 NICs, with a simple bridge it can throughput close to 2.5gbps in iperf.