@whosmatt: @vicotnic: My budget cover a SG-4860 I can´t spend more than $700 You can probably achieve 250Mbps with OpenVPN for $700 but it won't be with either one of these devices.  You're going to need a fast CPU.  I'd wager you can easily do it within your budget but you may sacrifice size and power for performance.  So, either adjust your expectations for OpenVPN or do a custom build.  Clock speed is your friend. Paint, who replied to your topic earlier, has a nice build that you might want to take note of.  I don't have the link at hand but I'm sure he'd be glad to chime in. Its in my signature: https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=113610.msg631641#msg631641 According to a different, openVPN theoretical encryption test my machine above can push almost 300mbps. I get close to my 150/150 internet connection over VPN, obviously limited by my connection.

That makes the most sense so will give it a shot.  Thanks!

It ships in 4 weeks, fingers crossed!

Have you tried manually creating the ALTQ queues?

Forgot to mention that I have been using pfense on several old machines for the past 3 years already at this non-profit.  But I haven't been using packages due to the lack of reliability of said packages.  (mostly seen in the install phase).

This forum is awesome  :) I will try to provide a more precise descripition of the scenario.

Gotcha! I'm sold with the 4GB then. Thanks for the help.

@kklouzal: I purchased the exact same card a while back when I got all new hardware to build a state of the art PF box. Should have done my homework beforehand. Now I wait with the card in the PCIe slot, checking every couple months for a new update to pfsense/FreeBSD that brings AC1900 support! T_T Unfortunately the idea around here is 'wireless sucks, get an AP' Yeah… WiFi tends to require proprietary drivers unavailable to FreeBSD.

Have you considered an appliance from pfsense? https://www.pfsense.org/products/product-family.html

My new router over at https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=115795.0 (Shuttle DS67U) has a Skylake G3885U, and it works nicely (apart from the expected Wireless compatibility issues ;) )

@stk1987: lol wow its always the easy think i miss lol . Went into the BIOS and they were disabled wow i feel stupid lol :-[. thanks for the help [/quote] no worries! Happens to the best of us!

@garyd9: @robertfranz: Supermicro is normally rock solid though - I'm sure you'll be happy with it. Never got around to rma'ing it since I discovered the joys of the 2u short depth form factor. I need to be able to rack and the 2u is tons more expansion friendly than 1u. I don't have a rack to put rackable stuff in.  If I ever get one (do they sell 1/3 height racks?), I might transplant this machine into a rackable case. I have to tell you (and anyone else who listens) that this machine is awesome.  Not as awesome as the 2758, of course, but for $60 (US) less than the 2758, it's still really nice.  The thing is WAYYYY overkill for what I'm using it for, but that's okay.  Too much processor power and memory is always better than not enough! I ended up putting a tiny 40mm x 10mm  fan in the box that spins at a mere 3500 RPM (which makes it impossible to hear from 2 feet away.)  The 4 core temps stay between 40 and 48 degrees celsius, and that's in an area that has an ambient temp of around 30 C.  I'm sure if I put more than 1/2 second of thought into it, I could probably keep the thing cooler, but 40-50C is well within spec for that board/processor.  (Just plopping a 120mm fan on the top of the case running at a very slow speed would probably make a huge difference.) My biggest problem now is that I feel like I need to pay for a higher uplink speed in order to properly make use of this thing. :) they do sell 12U and 24U rack enclosures, if you have the room: https://www.amazon.com/Tripp-Lite-SR12UB-Enclosure-Capacity/dp/B0043WF9E8

Thank you so much, I just added AT&F&C1&D2E0S0=0 as init string, the modem works with /dev/cuaU0.0 Solved!!!

Have you confirmed the pfsense settings are the same as the PIA client? I usually stick everything in the advanced options instead of configuring it in the UI. Specifically I would check for MTU settings. I found that with my old provider it was better not to have them set.

Thanks :)

I tried what jimp suggest on my pfsense 2.2.6 and creating was mirror was very easy like He said from install menu just select 2 disk for geom mirror and then proceed with quick install.  Then replacing failed drive could be done from GUI without the need of CLI. My question is after the mirror was made during the install and pfsense is up and running, is it the the same way to enable trim like it was on single ssd drive ? Meaning reboot in single use mode and do: /sbin/tunefs -t enable /                                                                     /sbin/reboot or is done different way on geom mirrored drives ?

@WebSpider: @Paint: I have a MiniITX board with dual intel NICs Do you have any figures on power usage? Power usage is one of the reasons I chose this setup, combined with routing power, as it will be connected to 500mb/500mb fiber uplink. I am running at cMAX (turbo) for this processor. My z-wave device is reporting 12-14W of usage. I also just added a mini PCI card from Jetway with 2x Intel i350 ethernet ports: https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=113610.msg643350#msg643350

I added a Jetway Mini-PCIe Intel i350 ADMPEIDLB 2x Gigabit adapter to this machine. The em(4) freebsd driver used with the on-board 2x Intel 82574 adapters would cause watchdog timeouts every 2-3 days. The Intel i350 ADMPEIDLB 2x Gigabit adapter uses the igb driver, which is much more stable. I ran some iperf tests from my HTPC - which also has a 4x i350 Intel Ethernet adapter in it - and my laptop (wireless AC) at the same time. I was able to fully saturate both adapters to gigabit speeds while also maintaining my 150/150 outbound WAN. For my setup, this adapter works perfectly! I ordered the ADMPEIDLB board for $75 + s/h directly from Jetway. They have 3 more in stock, I believe (talk to Angel on the phone, tell them Josh sent you if you want one). http://www.jetwayipc.com/content/?ADMPEIDLB_3450.html I updated my thread with my loader.conf.local and sysctl.conf settings: https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=113610.msg637025#msg637025 To install the board, I removed one of the 6 UART COM ports that this machine originally came with. I was able to route the wires through that hole and Velcro the board (without the PCI bracket) to the side of the machine. Looks pretty good for a home built machine, if you ask me! [image: 20160728_183755.jpg] [image: 20160728_183755.jpg_thumb] [image: 20160728_184318.jpg] [image: 20160728_184318.jpg_thumb]