Creeping up to something bigger. I only have a Mivnnowboard Turbot that is 5V. Added to Port 4.
No 12V POE adapters. I need to dig more.
So Turbot only adds 6W to my load and I am under 10 percent of the total allowed with 4 boards.

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Guess you missed the section on switch configuration in the article. Any managed switch will need configuration of vlan membership and vlan port settings for it to work.

Huawei are ending the models:

Huawei ME909u-521
Huawei ME909u-523

Most suppliers will not be able to get them after the 31st December 2017, so if you're looking to deploy a few sites you'll need to look at another cellular modem.

Also check with ARK. I', not sure what PRO/1000 you have, but you can usually figure out what chips it's using. The Intel 82571EB chip (found on a few PRO/1000 PT dual port cards) is rated from 0 to 55 degrees celsius. (i.e. go to http://ark.intel.com/products/50494/Intel-PRO1000-PT-Dual-Port-Server-Adapter and there you'll find the controller for that card, click the controller link and you'll find the temperature rating).

Some PCIe network cards have sensors that you can read, but I'm not sure how to do what with FreeBSD or what cards support it. T310i ethernet cars under linux show temperatures with lm-sensors, pfSense/FreeBSD may need something else.

@bobkoure:

That's exactly the information I was looking for. We'll probably go with a couple of these, just didn't want to get gear that couldn't do what we needed (embarrassing! - nearly as bad as confusing Mb/s and Gb/s, but with more consequences).

Glad I could help :)

Should be pretty standard. What are you installing to / booting from? What have you tried?

Steve

Hmm, seems like your modem might not be doing auto-select quite as well as it reports.

As a test I would try putting a passive switch in between the Nvidia NIC and the modem.

I would recommend using a managed switch and VLANs over a USB NIC everytime anyway so that could be a solution.

Steve

Hello there, search for Qotom i5 on this forum. I bought one!! I am based in the UK.

https://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/QOTOM-Q355G4-2017-New-fanless-X86-4-LAN-Micro-Computer-I5-5250U-Dual-core-onboard-1080P/108231_32800711474.html

You may be better off configuring it as a PPP device if it has that option. pfSense will try to connect that after boot.

Steve

To make a 1U Supermicro chassis quieter without the use of the stock (loud) radial fan,
and have enough cooling (m³ air / hour airflow) you have 2 options.

Option 1) Use 40x40x20mm Fan(s) from Sunon, partnr KD1204PKS2 , these have a flow of 13m³/hour @ 21dBA
these are the quietest in 40x40x20mm dimensions you can find (i use these all the time in 1U firewalls).
This type has no RPM reading (no yellow wire) and will always run at maximum.
This type can be found in every electronic parts store or online and is cheap and good.

or

Option 2) Use Cooljag DEN-7 1U CPU Cooler #JACLL03C-0
https://www.coolerguys.com/collections/intel-lga-1150-1151-1155-1156/products/cooljag-den-7-1u-cpu-cooler-jacll03c-0
at lowest RPM setting in combination with the Sunon fan(s).
The cooljag is more expensive, because this type comes with a copper heatsink.

Grtz
DeLorean

No.

You could easily max out your connection on a celeron hence a 65watt processor is way energy inefficient. I'm not familiar with AMDs offerings but a 15watt intel i3 cpu would already be an overkill for a 150gb connection. I would try to get something a bit more efficient if I were you.

Hmm, even with no boot media you should be seeing the BIOS output. Assuming you have proven you serial terminal setup on that box previously it does sound like a hardware issue.

Does it beep when powered on?

Try swapping out the RAM if you can. Re-seat the CPU if it's been moved about at all. Remove the crypto card, it's unsupported anyway.

Steve

hehehe - you are right !! checked the power consumption, its 42W and I am running it with 10x camera system on it. my main intention was performance and it give me at 42W. Perhaps not the best choice - just wanted people to know it works and worth a try.

probably caused by a different driver giving a different reading.

Thanks!

Newbie with pfsense here but done quite a bit of research before buying so hope it helps.

CPU:
To max out a gigabit connection if you are considering running any packet filtering / packet inspection services, like snort & having high VPN usage you need a relatively beefy CPU. Also for future proofing and optimal OpenVPN performance you will need an AES-NI capable CPU as the version after 2.4 will work only with CPUs with that instruction set. A Core I3-4005U would be ideal for low to moderate loads (no packet inspection) with a Intel Core i5-5250U being more comfortable with higher loads and complex snort rules. Both support AES-NI so both should work for a decent while. That said for a 100/20 connection the i3 would be more than enough.

NICs:
Intel NICs work well in contrast to Realtek that are reportedly not so great. So I would aim for a board that has them integrated.

Disk:
If you are not running any local caching a 32gb minipcie SSD or even a USB stick would be enough. If you do need to run a local proxy, then you will need a large, high quality SSD to serve files as fast as possible.

Memory:
In a home setting, even with snort running and multiple clients and snort running you should not have a practical need for anything over 4GB ram.

WiFi on router:
Dont, just don't do it. Any WiFi N/AC access point would be a better solution. I am using my R7000 in access point mode and getting real world 650-750mbps transfers through it to my LAN and WAN from my MacBook Pro. WiFi support in pfSense/BSD is not comparable to a dedicated access point so do yourself a favour and buy a decent one especially if you have any WiFi AC capable devices.

Personally having assessed my needs (1Gbit symmetric fiber and wanting the fastest speed I could get) I went with the Core i5-5250U, 4gb ram, 32gb SSD in a fanless enclosure from Aliexpress (Qotom Q355G4). It consumes about 12-15 watts while at low load and spikes to 20-25watts when downloading at gigabit speed. Running 3x OpenVPN servers on it for remote access for me and family and a light touch Snort configuration and the router is sitting mostly idle, spiking to 50-60% when downloading at gigabit speed.

If you are intending to stay on a 100/20mb connection I would go with the i3 posted above (Qotom Q330G4). It will be more than enough for what you intend to use it for. However as the difference between the i3 and i5 is ~40 USD the i5 is better value in my opinion. The i5 config would set you back about 260USD which in my opinion is dirt cheap for a super capable router. If you intend to use local caching bump up the hard drive to 128gb SSD and memory to 8GB (326USD for the i5 and 290USD for the i3)