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Grab one of these:

And put Opnsense on it.

Guaranteed security updates, clean GUI interface, open source. Set it up once then forget it.

If you want an AP there are many options on Amazon. For maximum security prevent the AP from being able to access the internet.

With respect, what on earth is a 'Protectli'? They seem to have as much chance (or more) to be pwnd as Ubiquiti.

This 'about' page doesn't say very much... https://protectli.com/about/

It's just a small PC with convenient ports for a router. The parent's suggestion of using it to run opensense seems pretty good.

Like the other comment said, the brand doesn't matter. It's just a mobo with a 4 port nic and a decent CPU. It might as well be an e-machine.

And they won't be "pwned", unless you're running closed source non-updatable software on them.