@harvey666 I have a high end Intel NIC and with only out of box settings, Nice to know what exactly card you are using!

@derekdw: B) doesn't work with this box (some msatas have issues with some devices) Regarding mSATA & compatibility, it is just SATA with power, on a different type of connecter.  Unless some manufacturer (board or mSATA) are grossly not following the standards, any should work with any.  I have mSATA from 16GB - 512GB, from at least 7 different brands and all have worked in everything I've put them in (even mSATA -> SATA adapters). I suspect the thought that some "mSATAs have issue with some devices" is that not everyone understands that just because it fits in the slot, does not mean that the slot supports mSATA (which you know from the 2440 you have).  The connector for mini PCI-e/mSATA has about eight different types of configuration.  These include the possibility of USB in the slot, SATA (supporting mSATA) in the slot, PCIe x 1 lane, different power options in the slot, etc.

I'm using a jetway motherboard with a 3x Intel Gig daughterboard. I have a dedicated LAN port on the motherboard and the guest port is on the duaghterboard. Both connect to a netgear managed switch. As mentioned, I have recently changed to a new managed netgear switch. This setup worked fine for a several years. While writing this however it dawned on me that while I had other interfaces working on that daughterboard, that does not mean that this interface is still in physical working order. I have moved my guest network to an open port on that same daughter board and will be testing it out.

I have 1 machine that I use for personal use running this exact same processor:  64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+ Seems to have no problems with my fiber connection. Why don't you install the connection first then speed test it to see if it saturates your NICs /CPU? Then upgrade if its not up to it?

That silverstone looks nice if you are in the USA. Unfortunately im in AUS, so >$100 for a silverstone case which should cost $30 is a bit of a joke. Ask friendly at Yawarra.com for a slim case and a custom made front panel. They are directly in AUS!

4 and 2 port cards where shown above, but if you want a really good and supported single port card you can also go with a Intel server network adapter I210-T1, it is brand new and there for not really cheap to get, but working fine for me.

Since my internet speed is capped at 100mbps, I don't need gigabit speeds for this NIC. Is this a good choice? If not any other recommended ones? But please don´t forget that you will be even speaking about real and theoretical "speed"! A 100 MBit/s card is serving something around 80 MBit/s like an older Alix Board (not the APU) A 1 GBit/s card is really able to delivers something around 450 to 750 and more and there for I would consider to go with a 1 GBit/s network card. Yeah so isn't "server-grade" NICs more reliable than standard consumer NICs? For sure, but not in all scenarios and fields! Server NICs or hardware often comes with a so called digital signal processor soldered on the NIC, and is there fore taking much load from the CPU. I would still expect server hardware to cost more than consumer-grade hardware. Consumer NIC = small onboard soldered Chip for the network parities Server NIC = Digital signal processor onboard soldered The chip can do less and is less expensive too.

http://www.cnet.com/products/nortel-switched-firewall-director-5016-firewall-eb1639130e5/specs/ if it is an x86 cpu, it should work. seems a bit dated, but the price is right @ 60$ I would spend a bit more and go the gigabyte q1900 route instead

Bump'd.

@robi: If you want to use ipsec, look in the other threads first, because it seems to be broken in v2.2.3. AES-NI module is broken, not IPsec itself. If you disable AES-NI you can use AES in P2. Or you can switch to AES-GCM without disabling AES-NI module. Will be fixed in 2.2.4 though.

Looks like it was a faulty mainboard after all. The new one ran without fans for over an hour without any segfaults. And it's 30 degrees Celsius in that room ATM. Now I might have too look into another case because 40mm fans tend make high pitched noise that does not really go away even when using the NF-A4x10 FLX with low-noise adapter. I have ordered a Scythe Kaze Jyu Slim 100 mm, hope it does fit. I'll try to attach it to the case cover with velcro tape and leave the second HDD/FAN bracket out.

For an edge arrangement I would do this. RE0=WAN with Dynamic IP RE1=LAN set to Static IP with 192.168.10.1 OPT1=WLAN set to Static IP with 192.168.20.1(Or Subnet of your choosing) Save and go to DHCP server tab and enable DHCP server on both LAN and WLAN interfaces. Use an appropriate address range for leases. Get your WLAN going before dealing with the WAN -by connecting to the LAN port with a client machine. Now go to firewall rules and make a rule for OPT1 that looks like the rule for LAN which is made automatically at setup. Source=OPT1 net -Any/Any for starters and you can refine later. Your choice of an RALink adapter may not have been the best choice. Atheros works best in hostAP mode in my opinion.

I have the same mobo and cpu hooked up with a DC PS. Looking for a wlan card to go in the mini-pcie slot that will work with pfsense.

does anyone know what is the motherboard pfsense firewall C2758 ? If you mean a compatible platform not from Netgate or ADI it should be a Supermicro C2758 mainboard like the Supermicro A1SRi-2758f If you mean the original mainboards from the Netgate / ADI sold in the pfSense store you will not be able to get them from outside of the shop, because ADI (Netgate) where soldering them self or let them soldering. But from the ADI store you will be able to buy it. RCC-VE8860

@rainer_d: Ah, thank you. Varia even has CHF prices. Varia store is located in Germany, Leipzig and are selling and shipping for € worldwide.

@voleatech: I can just tell you my experience. Don't use Realtek ever. I tried it a couple of times and it was a disaster every time. Even if they worked they had problems under load or randomly stopped working. Use Intel NICs whenever you can. Yeah, from reading other reviews I am leaning towards just getting a new board with dual Intel NIC's. The Realtek board had a new AC wifi card in it that would be nice to have (I know pfSense wouldn't currently recognize it but in the future it may). Best to get the known working Intel NIC though and avoid future headaches.

Hi everyone, we are also offering the SG desktop and rack systems now. https://shop.voleatech.de/en/product-category/pfsense-hardware-en/ Our company is not just a hardware seller but an IT solution provider, so we also offer support for pfSense. We are founded on Open Source and primarily work with Linux and FreeBSD. We are a happy to officially support the pfSense project and because of our work we know how important it is to do so. We are happy to share our experiences and answer any questions anyone has either here or via email. Best Sven

Upgrade to 2.2.3 (or login to the portal and download the 2.2.3 image if you have registered) The FS corruption issue is known to be a problem on 2.2.2 and earlier, but we fixed it on 2.2.3.

I believe these all have 2GB compact flash cards. The one I looked at still had pfsense 1.23 on it, but I have one that runs the latest version with a wife card. That ones not for sale.