Raspberry Pi as a router using a single network interface
The Raspberry Pi is a device I always see many capabilities for that are better served by other hardware devices that people usually already own, or there is a cheaper device that can do what it does, as well as many that does it much better for the same price. I don&#x27;t get the  useage of the Pi anymore since its no longer fanless, it is trying to be a desktop replacement with outdated hardware, and doesn&#x27;t have anything specialized for it that is exceptional, in fact it is a jack of all trades, master at none while many more have better raw specs and have much stronger performance. I don&#x27;t know the audience for the Pi4 anymore, except maybe people who had a Pi3 and just wanted to port their config easily and switch the hardware they had into it.<p>In regards to the suggestions for the better hardware, would you use an old laptop or desktop with a network card for the same purpose? It could act as a server as well, no need to get this hardware if you are going to just use it on a server you need anyway, unless you are using the hardware as a server.<p>Edit: I am posting too fast, but to the person under me, there are much stronger SBCs that are the same size, and with the fan requirements on the Pi4, it isn&#x27;t as small as it was, nor is is power efficient as other SBCs that would be much better. If using a server at home, having a router with custom FW would save much more space (the pi hole project could be easily served with a hosts blocker and custom firmware), having a blade server with virtualiziation would save even more space in terms of computation if you are comfortable with virtualized compututing, an old laptop isn&#x27;t going to make a significant size difference, but if it does the Pi 4 still isn&#x27;t the best hardware for the job.