I'm making my own high-end router. From scratch.

Solid content. I will be binge watching the entire series.

Can't you get rpi5 and either see if there are 10G HATs for it or make the hat yourself, much easier than making whole mobo.

You could look at using aluminium extrusions to make the case. Like a hammond enclosure.

Love this type of content, the concept of making your own router is awesome and watching your journey is amazing!

thats a very interesting idea. But could you have just used a 10G add on card for existing MoBo? there are lots available with PICE or M.2 connectors that could just be mounted in the case

"... stands for Consumer Electronics..." Hrm, was this just an unlucky Google search or guessing gone wrong?

If you made a more powerful X86 version, i'd be interested. Especially if it has IPMI.

Good Luck!

Sheet fabrication is better for this application, it's faster, cheaper and makes almost no metal waste which means more savings.

Just found your channel and I subscribed and i am interested in your products and content!!

i dunno why you didn't use extruded c channel and mill just the edges... or buy some cast aluminum cases from hammond and mill them...

I have a FritzBox 6690 and I don't even know what to do with all that speed... Who needs that??

Love this content

I applaud your endeavour, I always wanted to be able to make my own board with ARM processor but never venture deep enough. Subcribed, I will be keen to follow your journey!

Count me in for at least one! Good luck. 👊

I am super excited for your journey, after the first video i watched earlier, I instantly subscribed, this is the second video i watched from your channel. I tried to express my thoughts that my ISP is spying on my home network to my colleagues they all did not think that isp would do that… I hope there is a device that will encrypt my home network even behind the isp router, versus of what I currently rebuilding my hypervisor which consists of pfsense snort adguard and sorts of open source tools to help encrypt my home network visibility and management

maybe i am a little late but i come from manufacturing. have you thought about say 4-5 mm Aluminum Sheet metal? if you are ok with a radius, you could have those casings done for about 20-25 Euros easily. (the galvanisation not included, however) personally, if you were to have the corners laserwelded, you would have an amazing product with a fraction of the costs!

Extruded aluminum would be cheaper but yeah, if you're not chinese company making those in thousands you aren't going to make it anywhere near the "chinese board and + some open source software" price. And there are like dime a dozen of those boards already, for very reasonable prices.

Also if it is a box hiding in rack the look is... secondary, it's gonna live hidden away somewhere in rack, I don't care whether it's anodized.

Hardware isn't really killer feature anymore.

I thought this was going to be a video about how to make a router. Not an advertisement for the Apple monitor stand of routers.

I wish networking gear would be even more helpful to the user, so that the user can learn how networking works. There are so many mediocre manuals for routers. And routers are often built in a way that doesn't let your grandma operate it. We have maybe got some initial low hanging fruit of helpfulness with internet first setup. And some description on menu choices. But no router comes with a teacher. I guess it would be bloat, but imagine having some built-in AI tutor or something to help the novice user. The unit could still offer the regular stuff for the guy with networking certification. I don't think your aim would be this, but thought I would mention it anyways. As you obviously are trying to accomplish something out of the ordinary

i keep on having trouble with my IP's default router, and have been looking into replacing it with some good actually functioning one xd, if yours has features i look for, im looking forward to order it and give it tries ^^ keep on the good work ! your amazing !

You can self certify for the CE certification.

This video popped off on my recommended page, pressed on it, watched the video, did not regret it! Nice content and good luck with all this process! Can't wait to watch your other videos!

Thank you ❤.

Maybe a good competitor to unifi / ubiquity? Would be incredible!

Why the fuck would you want an aluminium case for your router?

My following comment is not to stop you from doing amazing work and designing your own, I am genuinely curious. Just found this channel and love the unique content!

Is there a reason that mini PC already existing today do not already accomplish what you need for DYI router? There are 2 that I am looking at for when I create my own router that meet the requirements of 2 x 10gb (both also have at least 3 x 2.5gb as well) for about $300-450

new sub here. Inastead of 10gb connectivity can you make it adaptable to higher speeds?

Minimal viable product? At least as far as cases go? Perfectionism has killed a bunch of great ideas.

Sheet steel if you aren't using the case as a heat sink. Can be drilled and folded (and welded or brazed or soldered) at home. Cerakote for colouring might also work for the colour, it's a ceramic coating. Depends on how much you want to do yourself in the diy aspect.

Great video, I am doing the same thing

Thanks!

Why not grab an off the shelf 1U chassis, if you are using itx anyway? That way you can also fit an internal flex ATX psu, and have some space for PCIe or Storage devices. Also One does not need to bother with getting it racked.

This is motivational !
Thanks for documenting and sharing this journey with us. It is super useful.

Just subbed to the channel. i would love to see more content about the development and especially the business side of things. I currently have a great job, i love what i do developing software robots, but with that said I've always been a tinker and love to 3D design, programming and such, but I've never really found a channel that can keep my interest regarding the business side of things on how to launch a product and get the company side of things going. So keep it up and make more videos in the same style, because they got my attention!

I admire your drive but you are placing way too much emphasis on the looks of the product. It's a router, not a Nike shoe. :) . Having said that, I am cheering you on.

sff pc +2 port sfp+ card and 4 port lan card and mikrotik os ftw

Hi, amazing projet, can you do a rack version ? :O

Its a cool idea but it would have to be CHEAP, the new minis forum is loaded with all of this plus a ton of expandability and its only $600usd

4x 10GbE SFP+, 2x 10GbE RJ-45, mgmt RJ-45 ....

Wish you luck in your journey

Make the case from ally plate, it won't be monolithic but would be orders of magnitude cheaper.

Instead of cutting and bending metal sheets like several people suggested, you could take a look at stamping them for a cleaner look 😊

This is a cool idea, however, Mini PC firewall router 3 LAN 2.5GbE 10Gig SFP+, 16GB RAM, 128GB Storage, Wifi 6, costs 320€ so ... yeah.... (it has intel cpu - N6100 (i think) that does not even use that much energy)... Anyway, good luck (i had similar idea, but in the end i just bought micro firewall appliance) edit: and install ProxMox on it with 2 OpnSense VM's, and 1xPiHole VM - it works perfectly

Where is the router.. lol

can you make 4x 10gb sfp+ ports??
i have major interest in getting 3

I appreciate your work and want to see how the process will go. But I believe you should give the option to buy your product as PCB only. Because I don’t like metal case products, I find it very easy to scratch or damage something else with it. I can 3d print the case or figure out another solution if you can’t provide a plastic one.

So regarding the alu case, yes I also like it more but for me it's not a must have - might be a idea to have two options, one with alu case and one with a plastic case (printable maybe?)

I like this.

isn't stamped al cheaper?