[Question] Open Source operating systems to run on compatible switches for homelab?

3 years ago by MigratingtoLemmy to c/selfhost

publication croisée depuis : https://lemmy.world/post/448925

Hi there, I was looking for combinations of switching hardware and open source switching software. Stratum and Cumulus Linux caught my attention, but these seem to be focussed towards the industry and would likely be very difficult to run in a homelab. I'm not going to touch the likes of Ubiquity, but as of now the only choice seems to be closed-source software from TPLink and/or Cisco. I'm going to try and harden the inside of my network too with ACLs and any other features I find on the switches, and having an open source OS with regular updates would be very nice to have.

Any suggestions? I was trying to find something to run on a MikroTik switch, since I find their L2 OS a bit lacking.

Cheers!

Edit: a kind user mentioned OpenWRT, which I should have looked into more seriously before posting this. I'm going through it right now, any suggestions are welcome!

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Zoe8338 2 points 3 years ago

Please do add a tag to your post as stated on the sublemmy sidebar! Thank you. :)

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MigratingtoLemmy 3 points 3 years ago

Thank you, did so!

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