Tutorials
Diskless mini PC router in five minutes
Boot the routerd live ISO, answer the text wizard, save the configuration to a USB stick, and turn a small x86 mini PC into a persistent router without installing an OS to the internal disk.
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| Goal | Tutorial |
|---|---|
| Install routerd from a release archive | Install |
| Build a first router from YAML | Getting started |
| Configure WAN-side acquisition and tunnels | WAN-side services |
| Configure DHCP, DNS, RA, and NTP on LAN | LAN-side services |
| Add a conservative firewall baseline | Basic firewall |
| Start from FreeBSD | FreeBSD getting started |
routerd is unusual because the same resource model can describe a virtual lab router between SDN/VNET segments and a diskless physical router on a mini PC. Use the tutorial that matches your first deployment, then reuse the same resources as the network grows.