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    2.1 + Alix 128MB: does not work, not enough memory

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      oliversl
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      Be advice, pfsense 2.1 can not run properly on Alix with 1Gb Flash and 128MB ram.

      Tried configuring only 1 web process and confirmed php cache was not enabled. RRD graphs and other start up rutines crash.

      HTH
      Oliver

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        phil.davis
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        Can you confirm that it does not work (= killed: out of swap space messages) with just the factory defaults & Block Bogon Networks unchecked on all interfaces?
        Unchecking Block Bogon Networks will let it run without the big bogonsv6 table loaded into pf memory.

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        • jimpJ
          jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
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          I have one system in the wild left that has 128mb ram and it does work, though it doesn't have any VPNs or other similar features enabled, just a PPPoE WAN, DDNS, and NAT and a handful of rules.

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            opampca
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            Got an old Alix .2C0 LX700 and 128M ram in the lab.

            Experimenting problems with web interface, 500: internal server error, but the connections stay up.
            Never had problems before 2.1 release

            I have vpn and experimenting vlans

            Just changed for a lx800 and 256M ram

            Ill see then

            Richard

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            • DerelictD
              Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
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              I have a Soekris with 128M and 2.1-RELEASE 4g.

              Running simple NAT/PAT to PPPoE WAN + one OpenVPN tunnel and routinely see these:

              Nov  9 03:48:52 sysname kernel: pid 63874 (php), uid 0, was killed: out of swap space

              I am coming to the conclusion that 128M is no longer adequate and am about to order a netgate 2D13 as a replacement.

              This is a new install, with OpenVPN replacing IPSec on a Cisco RV042 so I can't compare this install with 2.0.3.

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