I've been really happy with buying a ~$200 mini PC and putting OPNsense on it. You just have to make sure it has two Ethernet ports. OpenWRT is another great option if you don't have the money for that.
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That sounds really cool. Any idea for a low powered (as in doesn't draw a lot of power) OPNsense option?
There are white box n100 based fanless devices on Amazon for this purpose. They come with four ports and all you need to do is add a ssd https://a.co/d/09BB3vAJ