[ Show your pfSenses! ] - Thread - (bandwidth warning!)

[AhnHEL]

pfSense is on the right for my home setup.  White box running a Q8400 processor and 4GB RAM on a Gigabyte GA-G31M-S2L.

Its twin brother on the left is my FreeNAS server and the Dell 755 in the middle runs XBMC to my living room TV.

[Cino]

Figured I would join in on the fun.. Just a little box keeping my network safe while allowing me to enter when i'm not home…

Case: M300-LCD Enclosure with Bootable CF Reader, 1 PCI Slot and 2x20 LCD Display
MB: Supermicro X7SPA-HF-O Atom Dual-Core D510/ Intel 945GC/ RAID/ V&2GbE/ Mini-ITX Motherboard
Memory: x2 Kingston 2GB 200-Pin DDR2 SO-DIMM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Laptop Memory Model KVR667D2S5/2G
HD: Seagate 160GB (ST9160314AS) 5400rpm SATA2 8MB Notebook
PS: picoPSU-150-XT Power Supply 80W AC-DC Power Adapter Kit
Extras: Intel Dual Port Server NIC, PCIe (Can't remember the model as I already had it)

You'll notice 2 cable modems.. The Arris is my phone and internet modem.. The RCA modem and Netgear WiFi is for TWC Intelligent Home only

I posted this a while back about my setup... Needs an update tho since i'm using different packages now... http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,39362.0.html


[jughead]

First post and first pfsense build!
-mobo and internals:  intel 2500CC motherboard with an Atom CPU, dual Intel gbit NICs, 4gigs RAM, 64gig SSD
-case:  Antec ISK-300
-pfsense 2.0.2

Other components:
-Motorola SB6120 cable modem
-Netgear GS108 gigabit switch
-Linksys WRT54GL running DD-WRT in wireless AP mode
-2x Belkin AV200 powerline adapters
-2x Zyxel AV500 poweline adapters

[mikeisfly]

Here is my Setup:

The Pfsense Firewall is the fourth box down

case: NORCO RPC-230 2U Rackmount Server Case 1 External 5.25" Drive Bays - OEM
processor: AMD Athlon X2 Dual Core Processor BE-2350
NIC:Intel PWLA8492MTBLK5 PRO/1000 MT Dual Port Server Adapter 10/ 100/ 1000Mbps PCI 2 x RJ45 - OEM
Motherboard:MSI Fuzzy RS690T Socket AM2 Mini-ITX Motherboard
LCD Screen: CrystalFontz 635

RAM: 4GB
SYBA SD-ADA40001 SATA II To Compact Flash Adapter
8GB Scandisk CF
125 GB Sata WD Hard Disk for proxy

Also in this photo starting from the top going down

HD Homerun Prime 6cc - cutout of picture
Cisco 2500 access server
HD Homerun Prime 6cc - Cable Card Tuner
Dell Optiplex PC - Used as HTPC
Pfsense Firewall
Windows Server 2012 running Hyper-V (Windows 7 Host)
Windows Server 2008 R2 NAS (6 Hard Disk around 12 TB)
Denon Reciever for Home Theater
48 Port Network Patch Bay
Wire Management Panel
HP Procurve 2810-24G Managed Switch
HP Procurve 2600-8 PoE Managed Switch
HP Procurve 2600-8 PoE Managed Switch
Cisco 2821 router /w DSP, T1 controller, 2 FXO ports
Redcomm PBX with 2 T1 Trunk cards and 4 Pots Trunk Cards

With this setup I have IP TV since Comcast is taking to long! I'm a cord cutter
but I need live TV so this gives me the best of both worlds. All my cable boxes
are Windows 7 HTPCs. I have a Cisco 7940 VoIP phones and I use the Cisco 2821
As a Voice gateway to connect to the outside world via Magic Jack. I also have a T1 trunk to the PBX so I can practice connecting to legacy equipment. I have attached a picture of my setup because I'm not sure if the link that I have provided of the picture will show up, it's not showing up when I preview this message. I also have netbook with a netzoom usb fax modem not pictured here for inserting callerID (Win7callerID) information on top of the TV when people call. There is also a Xbox 360 and a Nintendo Wii in this closet. I also have a two cable modems 100 Mbps service and 50 Mbps Service from Comcast.

PS. Most of the equipment is backed up by UPS power.

[AhnHEL]

^  :o Best Home Setup thus far, congrats Mike

;)

[mikeisfly]

Thanks, I forgot to add I have Cisco Call Manager 4.3 and 8 running in a VM controlling the phones. I'm thinking about adding a asterisk box for the Voice mail capabilities and seeing if I can integrate that with call manager since I don't have Unity. Anyone who has done this already please pm me.

[stephenw10]

I agree it's an impressive rack!  ;)
Dare I ask how much power that draws? Do you run all of that 24/7?

Steve

[mikeisfly]

When I built the room I added 20 Amp services dedicated to just the room. Not sure how much current it draws but by electric bill is about $250 in the winter and close to $400 in summer with air conditioner running. I run everything but the PBX all the time. By the way for wireless I use the EnGenius EAP600 High-Powered Dual-Band Indoor Wireless-N AP.

I think its worth it though. I'm not much of a partier and I don't through my money away on strippers I just like to play around with things and make them work. Hopefully I will find my dream job where my boss will buy me what ever I want and I can play with things at work. I have a pretty fancy lab at work too, where I have a IPsec tunnel. One of these days I will get around to document that for you guys too. I do think it's telling that I have a Cisco 2821 series router but I would rather use Pfsense for my router / firewall than use Cisco. Don't get me wrong I'm a big Cisco fan but I am really liking what you guys at Pfsense are doing and I am telling all my Cisco Fan boy friends about you guys. Keep it up!

[Krakke]

Built three new boxes for wall mounting

Intel D2500CC
Intel Atom Dual Core 1.86 GHz
4 GB DDR3 1066 MHz
40GB Intel 320 SSD

My box at home
Telia 100/100 Mbit
Netgear GS108Tv2
Cisco WAP121 for wifi

[mikeisfly]

Nice looking case. What is Inteno? I searched it on bing.com and only found reference to a open source platform, and something about a broadband service in Sweden.

[AhnHEL]

Looks like a Switch with the optional Fiber tray.

http://www.inteno.se/Store/tabid/141/categoryid/130/productid/442/Default.aspx

[matguy]

@mikeisfly:

Nice looking case. What is Inteno? I searched it on bing.com and only found reference to a open source platform, and something about a broadband service in Sweden.

Looks like a specialized box for a particular IPTV solution.

http://www.inteno.se/store/tabid/141/categoryid/130/productid/444/default.aspx
http://www.mariehem.net/nyheter/2012/03/inteno-boxen-och-inkoppling-av-ip-tv (translation may be required)

[mattias197711]

they are used as a switch here in sweden when you have fiber.

for Internet, TV, and extra box for ip phone

[slu]

i5 @ 2.67GHz

• Captive Portal

• Vlan

• three PPPoE

• OpenVPN Server

• …

[johnpoz]

Wanted to join the fun - don't have pic of hardware handy, but mine is just a VM anyway running on

HP N40L
AMD Turion II Neo N40L 1.5GHz 2-Core
8GB Ram
Embedded NC107i PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter
2nd Nic - INTEL EXPI9301CT
HDD 250GB, 2TB, 2x 750GB

[mattias197711]

will send a pics if i can get my Alpha 500 something to work with pfSense.

heres a cool pic of the über gfx card

[stephenw10]

[Zorac]

on the far right, p4, pico power supply, no video (onboard or otherwise).  with no video, it surprisingly efficient.  I had another p4 with onboard video, and it used twice the power, no matter if you were using the video or not.

the far left is a high efficiency 12v power supply.  powers the router, switch, wireless, and some other stuff.

[fabio.vigano]

Hi!
here is my solution:

2 x Appliance pfSense 2.0.3

Hardware
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2,8 GHz 65 watt
RAM: 4 GB DDR3 SDRAM
HDD: 2.5" SATA 160 GB
Ethernet: 8 x 10/100/1000

Configuration
4 x WAN
1 X LAN
1 x SYNC

Cluster CARP + Multi Wan
10 x VLAN
DHCP
DNS
Snort IDS
Content filter Squid + Squidguard
Captive Portal + Vouchers
HAVP Antivirus

Fabio

[hiddensoul]

Okay I have been upgrading my home network, just ordered AUD180 worth of Cat6 cables to replace the ageing cat 5 stuff as I have just upgraded the switch to gigabit and I also am getting a 1RU cable management tray for the gap between the switch and rack mount box running pfsense

I have also just replaced my Smoothwall OS with pfSense and haven't looked back.

Here are a few photos of what i have so far, some of the stuff like the gaming console's are currently wireless but they will be hard wired in the next few weeks when the cables arrive.

This is the  Main desk in the house, it is for my wife's work station which is on the left running dual head monitors and my Sons gaming PC is at the right, near the printer and in the far left corner is the cabinet I built from an old fire control panel to house the network gear and server, a few close ups of the cabinet to follow, the desk is a bit rough as I built it myself and I am not a carpenter lol

The Network cabinet built in to the end of the desk, the server, pfsense box and switch are inside and I am going to mount an android 7" tablet and Bluetooth keyboard in the right of the cabinet for SSH and web admin.. on top of the cabinet from left to right is the wireless AP, VOIP ATA and the ADSL modem with Nokia 9500 that I use as a SSH terminal via WiFi. In the yellow box in the cabinet is some spare rack hardware and network cable tester.

Close up of appliances on top of cabinet

Cabinet opened up, the inside is a bit rough looking as I had to cut it up with a grinder to make it a rack mount cabinet, I will be painting the inside of the cabinet flat black and will be putting a light smoke tint on the glass as it is glass and not perspex, it wont scratch so will buy some car tint and put it on the inside of the glass

Close up of the inside of the cabinet, freeNAS file server on left then the pfsense box in the 1RU computer, cable management tray will go in when I get the new cables between the firewall and switch which is a 3com 2924 gigabit managed switch

And finally a photo of my HAM radio shack, or at least the computer work station section, the radios are around the other side, my HAM shack is an 8 foot by 8 foot tin garden shed :)