Pfsense and Dell systems
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Mhhhh I just bought two 745 and 1 GX520 for 25 dollars each so I am going to see if I can run pfsense on them. Worst case scenario they will become freenas systems.
Thanks for the reply guys.
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I have used one of those in the past, I forget the exact model. It died an untimely death thanks to a bunch of busted capacitors, but when it did work it worked very well.
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jimp,
Thats what I am afraid off! This systems are very popular for there capacitors going out…. I am thinking of just shelling out the money and building me another alix..... Only problem is that I need more memory....
Any small form factor systems that any body recommend?
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There are some sff atom boxes around. Some from Lanner, some from custom shops, etc. Soekris has one coming out. There is also the fit-pc2.
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jimp,
What you think about this system?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856119048
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Looks ok, but you'll need a second NIC on that unless you're using VLANs. You might search the forum for foxconn, I seem to recall a couple of somewhat negative experiences. I might be getting them mixed up with someone else though.
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jimp,
Thanks for the info…. It seems that foxcon does have some issues...
I am just going with one of this...
http://store.netgate.com/Netgate-Hamakua-DT-P230C83.aspx
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I had pfsense installed in a dell optiplex gx260 for my home network and it ran perfectly. Was quiet and also had 0 problems. Had on on board gigabit intel nic and I had a spare dual port gigabit card lieing around that I threw into it.
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Just wanted to post that I installed pfsense successfully on a Dell GX520.
Running like a champ. Hopefully it will run ok down the road. -
Those Dell boxes are great platforms - cheap, easy to fix, easy parts, etc.
Why not buy two and keep them side-by-side "just incase"??
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@pf2.0nyc:
Those Dell boxes are great platforms - cheap, easy to fix, easy parts, etc.
Why not buy two and keep them side-by-side "just incase"??
I was thinking of that. I am not sure if they have any more left though….
