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    prochid
    last edited by Apr 20, 2023, 6:26 PM

    Hi,
    Please I need advice or recommendations for a pfsense installation. It is for an open event with over 10,000 people. I want to set up free but controlled wifi for 4000 concurrent users with limited bandwidth and blocks for things like torrent or streaming. Just for users to be able to do needful browsing and social communication. ISP is going to give me 2 STM1 connections.

    Thank you in advance.

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      Dobby_
      last edited by Apr 21, 2023, 5:20 AM

      @prochid said in Required Hardware Build:

      It is for an open event with over 10,000 people.

      Xirrus WiFi APs
      Cloud based captive portal

      #~. @Dobby

      Turris Omnia - 4 Ports - 2 GB RAM / TurrisOS 7 Release (Btrfs)
      PC Engines APU4D4 - 4 Ports - 4 GB RAM / pfSense CE 2.7.2 Release (ZFS)
      PC Engines APU6B4 - 4 Ports - 4 GB RAM / pfSense+ (Plus) 24.03_1 Release (ZFS)

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        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator @prochid
        last edited by Apr 21, 2023, 11:47 PM

        @prochid said in Required Hardware Build:

        ISP is going to give me 2 STM1 connections.

        So ~300Mbps total?

        Almost any hardware running pfSense would handle that. You might have a very large number of states with that number of users even if they don;t get much bandwidth so you would want a reasonable amount of ram.

        Steve

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