Could pfsense do this?

GruensFroeschli

are we able to get rid of our linksys router and install an adsl card into the pf box also if we do this (bearing in mind our network is all 1gb, other than the linksys router) would this give us 1gb lan every where?

The speed of your LAN has nothing to do with your router.
LAN-local speed is only determined by the speed of your switches.

aftermarket

The speed of your LAN has nothing to do with your router.
LAN-local speed is only determined by the speed of your switches.

sorry i meant when transferring files around the office as everything would then be 1gb

GruensFroeschli

Transferring files around your office is only in your LAN.
It should never go over your firewall.

aftermarket

sorry if this sounds silly as this is all new but normally the files would go via the router which is the weak link in the network (only 10/100 capable) if the pf box was managing the network would the files not go via that box instead of the router?

GruensFroeschli

Can you draw a diagram of your network?

The way i see it what you have from your description:

internet_next_door
|
|backuplink
| /–-- server
| /
internet------- router-------switch-----clients

--- pbx

Traffic from your clients only goes over the switch.

aftermarket

yea thats more or less correct,

internet_next_door
|
|backuplink
| /–-- server/pbx
| /
internet------- router-------switch-----clients

so would pf not be able to completely replace the router?

Metu69salemi

your diagram doesn't show any voip devices

edit: typo

stephenw10

Are you saying that your existing router has a switch in it (it has 4 lan ports for example) and those are 10/100?
You can add gigabit interfaces to your pfSense box if you need to segregate your network or use a seperate gigabit switch if you don't.

Steve

GruensFroeschli

@aftermarket:

yea thats more or less correct,

internet_next_door
|
|backuplink
| /–-- server/pbx
| /
internet------- router-------switch-----clients

so would pf not be able to completely replace the router?

Yes pfSense is able to replace your existing router.
But i'm telling you, if the switch in the diagram is gigabit capable then it doesn't matter what the speed of the router is. Traffic within your network will always flow with the maximum speed.
–> It will never go over the router.

aftermarket

oh right thanks for clearing that up for me i thought because the router handled the dhcp i thought all the traffic went through that clearly not! learn something new everyday.

so my plan is to run pf in vm for a while install an adsl pci card (to do away with the router completely) and have it manage the lot. thanks for all your help. i'll probably be back when i get stuck installing it somehow