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    What is optimal configuration for me?

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      Death_Master
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      2.0-BETA5 (i386)
      built on Sun Jan 16 22:00:36 EST 2011 (updating every day)
      Router config: 512M DDR1, old Sempron, 80G IDE HDD, 3PCI nics , 1 internal nic
      Additional packages: squid, Unbound

      100M=100Mbit
      200M=2x100Mbit

      I want to know optimal settings & advanced settings :)

      Maybe some tips to achieve more network speed.
      P.S. squidon router is linked to another squid on fast network. Direct connection to other countries is 40Mbit, proxried connection is ~60Mbit(must be 100)…
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        tommyboy180
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        You have 100mbit connection to your ISP but you're only using 512MB of memory and an onboard NIC?
        I like your router's name BTW.

        -Tom Schaefer
        SuperMicro 1U 2X Intel pro/1000 Dual Core Intel 2.2 Ghz - 2 Gig RAM

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          dszp
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          Perhaps the onboard NIC is the issue but there are several tests on the forum here showing that an ALIX NetGate box with a 500GHz processor and 512MB (or is it 256MB?) of RAM can push 80 to 100 Mbps. pfSense isn't too terribly demanding.

          David Szpunar

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            Death_Master
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            I've upgraded my router with some old parts ^_^
            Now it has Pentium4 CPU & 1GB RAM (motherboard changed to P4P800SE, integrated gigabit used for LAN).
            Good thing is that router now works faster.
            Bad thing - it can't boot pfSense anymore….
            Is there any way to make pfSense boot on this new configuration?

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              tommyboy180
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              What's the error you get from pfsense?

              -Tom Schaefer
              SuperMicro 1U 2X Intel pro/1000 Dual Core Intel 2.2 Ghz - 2 Gig RAM

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                Death_Master
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                No visible error message.
                Just hangs before kernel(after showing something about F1(no difference wait or press))….
                "" appears and nothing happens....

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                  Cry Havok
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                  Did you install the nano or embedded version?

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                    Death_Master
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                    Usual version(SMP).

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                      SeventhSon
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                      What he is getting at is that the embedded version stops display output right there and switches to serial.

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                        Death_Master
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                        You say that SMP version is embedded anyway?
                        And keyboard is disabled(no reaction to numlock)?

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                          Guest
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                          @David:

                          Perhaps the onboard NIC is the issue but there are several tests on the forum here showing that an ALIX NetGate box with a 500GHz processor and 512MB (or is it 256MB?) of RAM can push 80 to 100 Mbps. pfSense isn't too terribly demanding.

                          500 ghz processors are RAD

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                            dszp
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                            haha, my bad, but yes they would be RAD :-)

                            David Szpunar

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