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      turk182
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      Hi,

      Ok…I am thinking of running pfsense  as a dedicated balancer / failover device with the following hardware:

      2 gig RAM
      Core 2 Duo Processor
      Intel NICs

      It is intended to serve three (3) lan segments that have a maximum 150 users per segment with actual users per segment over a five day period playing between 70 - 95 users.

      Can the Hardware take it?

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        asterix
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        Whats your WAN speed? The lan segments will take care of internal LAN routing and the Core 2 Duo should very easily be able to handle 100+ users. But all depends on how much WAN throughput you are looking to provide to the users. What about packages like Squid, Snort..etc?

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          turk182
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          I wi@asterix:

          Whats your WAN speed? The lan segments will take care of internal LAN routing and the Core 2 Duo should very easily be able to handle 100+ users. But all depends on how much WAN throughput you are looking to provide to the users. What about packages like Squid, Snort..etc?

          • WAN speeds are 2 ADSL Lines @ up to 11mbps
          • Planning to deploy squid, squidguard and captive portal.. .
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            asterix
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            You will do just fine.

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