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mghong
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Pfsense motherboard

Sat Sep 17, 2011 11:33 am

I will like to build a Pfsense bos which will enable me to tune and run better instead of getting a out-of-box which i dont know what is the limitation.

feature such as 2- VLAN , 2 GLAN , 2 NIC port at least ?
 
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Re: Pfsense motherboard

Sat Sep 17, 2011 6:26 pm

You want to write your own bios? That is not just something you can just sit down and write by yourself...
 
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Re: Pfsense motherboard

Sat Sep 17, 2011 6:49 pm

I suspect he meant "box". :wink:

It's difficult to make out, but I think he wants a recommendation for a system with 2x Ethernet ports for use in a home-built router, running the pfSense distribution.
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Re: Pfsense motherboard

Sun Sep 18, 2011 12:41 am

bthylafh wrote:
I suspect he meant "box". :wink:

It's difficult to make out, but I think he wants a recommendation for a system with 2x Ethernet ports for use in a home-built router, running the pfSense distribution.


Yupe, thank bthylafh .
 
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Re: Pfsense motherboard

Sun Sep 18, 2011 2:32 am

Ah, the mighty key slip when typing, okay now it makes a little more sense...
 
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Re: Pfsense motherboard

Sun Sep 25, 2011 10:46 pm

IIRC, Pfsense doesn't require a whole lot of hardware.

I'd probably just do it on the cheap, and pull some Intel PCI network cards off the bargain pile. They should be supported out-of-box.

I'd go as low-voltage as possible to keep the heat down for the rest of the box. I'd probably go with a Wolfdale Pentium dual-core, probably the cheapest one, and an inexpensive micro-ATX motherboard to support it. Even if the board has an onboard network port, it is probably Realtek, so I'd probably still go with two Intel PCI network cards for best driver support and performance.

This Biostar mainboard looks like the perfect candidate.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813138314

Intel's Celeron E3400 is the second-cheapest Socket 775 processor at NewEgg (the cheapest is single-core, 65nm rather than 45nm, and is only six dollard cheaper, so I'd skip that).

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6819116348
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Re: Pfsense motherboard

Wed Oct 12, 2011 3:39 pm

if you end up with a relatively decent set of hardware ... why not try virtualizing pfSense ... this way you aren't wasting an entire hardware kit on just pfSense.

I've had a couple people at work looking for the newer T/S model Sandy Bridge CPUs ... plus some cheap ram & Intel NICs ... you can get a reasonable Linux host to run and then run some virtualization on top.

depending on the hardware, you could also get ESXi going (free OS) and it's a powerhouse for running many OS'.
 
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Re: Pfsense motherboard

Fri Oct 14, 2011 11:43 am

You may want to consider a product like this Soekris net5501.
If you really want GigE ports (and are sure you can make use of them), then take a look at the net6501.
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Re: Pfsense motherboard

Fri Oct 14, 2011 2:03 pm

This barebones system:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6856140042

or this Atom motherboard:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813153188

would make a terrific and very low power system for a pfSense firewall.
 
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Re: Pfsense motherboard

Sun Dec 11, 2011 11:12 am

IamTHEvilONE wrote:
if you end up with a relatively decent set of hardware ... why not try virtualizing pfSense ... this way you aren't wasting an entire hardware kit on just pfSense.

I've had a couple people at work looking for the newer T/S model Sandy Bridge CPUs ... plus some cheap ram & Intel NICs ... you can get a reasonable Linux host to run and then run some virtualization on top.

depending on the hardware, you could also get ESXi going (free OS) and it's a powerhouse for running many OS'.


Will you able to guide me on this , at least ti make sense to drive a idle pc to work extra.. :D

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