Is this Hardware bundle ok for pfsense ?

ericab

hello;
im new to posting to this forum, but have been browsing it for info on building a hardware based pfsense load balancer for my 2 cable internet connections… 16/2mbit & 16/2mbit

how does this hardware look ?
http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/TemporaryWishList.aspx?guid=6fd481c055634c16a3dbaff221f61195

will the onboard NIC and the additional PCI NIC's be compatible with pfsense ?
everything else ok ?

thanks for the help!
-eric

Perry

Link is for your eyes only
Supported Hardware http://www.freebsd.org/releases/7.0R/hardware.html
not long ago post http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,12328.msg66969.html#msg66969
http://www.pfsense.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=52&Itemid=49

ericab

thanks for the above links!

how does this look ?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856110090

or a custom build:

NIC x 2
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833106121

Motherboard:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813135082

Ram:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820141167

Harddrive:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136195

Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811154087

ericab

??? yes? no?

Cry Havok

You make no mention of what CPU you're planning on using, or how much memory, or what you're planning on doing on your network.

If you'll be doing little more than email and web browsing and want a firewall, just about anything will cope with your bandwidth. If you're going to be running lots of packages, making heaving use of torrents, VOIP and gaming then you'll need something with a higher spec.

The links that Perry provided contain lots of useful information. Read and make up your own mind.