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There's actually a sticky post about this kind of situation on the OpenWRT forum. It boils down to: "gigabit routers" aren't; use a SFF Intel box with a separate switch and AP for those speeds. [1]

[1] https://forum.openwrt.org/t/so-you-have-500mbps-1gbps-fiber-...

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So from here, which SFF intel box should I look into? I want something relatively energy efficient and quiet.

I don't know if there's a specific name for them, but there's a cottage industry of fanless "network appliances" based on low-power Intel processors, loosely similar to Intel NUC, but with different form factors depending on how many Ethernet interfaces they have. Some of the better-known integrators on AliExpress include Topton, Kingnovy, and Qotom, and you'll find a ton of examples if you search AliExpress for "pfSense". There's also an American vendor, Protectli, that offers several variations of this hardware with a warranty, support, and Coreboot firmware (at a premium over AliExpress prices, of course).

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