If you&#x27;re handy with hardware it&#x27;s also extremely easy to build your own high quality network equipment using Microtik [1] or Soekris [2] boards.<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;routerboard.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;routerboard.com&#x2F;</a><p>[2] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;soekris.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;soekris.com&#x2F;</a><p>I&#x27;ve heard some quite positive stories from people who have dumped their stock CPE and are now routing their 1 Gbps FTTH internet connection through Microtik based equipment. This stuff is _that_ good.