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    • J
      jughead
      last edited by

      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

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      • M
        mikeisfly
        last edited by

        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.

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        • AhnHELA
          AhnHEL
          last edited by

          ^  :o Best Home Setup thus far, congrats Mike

          ;)

          AhnHEL (Angel)

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          • M
            mikeisfly
            last edited by

            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.

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by

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

              Steve

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              • M
                mikeisfly
                last edited by

                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!

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                • K
                  Krakke
                  last edited by

                  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

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                  • M
                    mikeisfly
                    last edited by

                    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.

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                    • AhnHELA
                      AhnHEL
                      last edited by

                      Looks like a Switch with the optional Fiber tray.

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

                      AhnHEL (Angel)

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                      • M
                        matguy
                        last edited by

                        @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)

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                        • M
                          mattias197711
                          last edited by

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

                          for Internet, TV, and extra box for ip phone

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                          • S
                            slu
                            last edited by

                            i5 @ 2.67GHz

                            • Captive Portal

                            • Vlan

                            • three PPPoE

                            • OpenVPN Server

                            • …

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                            pfSense Gold subscription

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                            • johnpozJ
                              johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                              last edited by

                              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

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                              An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools
                              If you get confused: Listen to the Music Play
                              Please don't Chat/PM me for help, unless mod related
                              SG-4860 24.11 | Lab VMs 2.7.2, 24.11

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                              • M
                                mattias197711
                                last edited by

                                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

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                                • stephenw10S
                                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                                  • Z
                                    Zorac
                                    last edited by

                                    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.

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                                    • fabio.viganoF
                                      fabio.vigano
                                      last edited by

                                      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

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                                      • H
                                        hiddensoul
                                        last edited by

                                        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 :)

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                                        • AhnHELA
                                          AhnHEL
                                          last edited by

                                          ^
                                          Loving the hostname tags on your hardware.

                                          ;)

                                          and…

                                          "In Case of Emergency LAN Party, Break Glass."

                                          AhnHEL (Angel)

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                                          • pttP
                                            ptt Rebel Alliance
                                            last edited by

                                            I just hope that his "Titanic" don't sink…..   :P    :D

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