Best setup for 4xMultiwan
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Yup, this is the one I'm running right now. Took a little adjusting to its vlan interface, but has been pretty sturdy for me.
Cheap and stable - http://www.tp-link.com/en/products/details/?categoryid=222&model=TL-SG3210
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Netgear GS108T-200 will be a good choice as well. Cheap and sturdy.
http://www.netgear.com/business/products/switches/smart-switches/smart-switches/GS108T-200.aspx
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Netgear GS108T-200 will be a good choice as well. Cheap and sturdy.
http://www.netgear.com/business/products/switches/smart-switches/smart-switches/GS108T-200.aspx
I've got a bunch of these at my house. I use a GS110TP to power them all over Ethernet.
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What about this card:
http://ark.intel.com/products/50481/Intel-PRO1000-GT-Quad-Port-Server-AdapterIs this card any good (Intel-PRO1000-GT-Quad-Port)? Does it have 4 individual interfaces or just bridged?
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That card is 4 seperate interfaces and will be supported by pfsense.
BUT, it's a pci-x. Does your board support that? If you only have pci slots will that be sufficient bandwidth? Will it fit at all (5V and/or 3.3V cutouts)?Steve
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Hmm no I want PCI-E. I think I will go for the I340-T4.
I am thinking about buying a used Dell Optiplex 3010 (i3 ivy bridge cpu). Very stylish and slim. + it has a x16 PCI-E. Since the I340-T4 is low profile (it can be both) it should be working.
The only thing that bothers me is that the description of the dell homepage says it's a Realtek onboard NIC (it does not say which model exactly). Since I need to use all interfaces I have to ask: How bad are these Realteak cards (I read many bad things about them here) and are they generally supported by pfSense?
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The more recent Gigabit realtek nics aren't that bad. Many people are using them with no issues especially if you're trying to push the maximum speed through them. Much of the bad rep realtek NICs have is due to the older 10/100 cards which really were bad.
Steve
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I found an older and cheaper Optiplex 760 on ebay (core2). Dell spec sheet says Intel WG82567LM is the ethernet onboard nic. Is this card supported and any good (better than realtek)?
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The 82567lm is not listed directly anywhere because (I assume) it's the phy used with the NIC included in the Intel ich chip. I would say it's almost certainly supported and will be better than a realtek NIC.
Steve
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Hooray got a i340-t4 low profile for 100€ on ebay.
Also got the Ivy Bridge Optiplex with the realtek card. Decided to pay the extra money because the i3 performs almost twice at fast (checked benchmarks) as the core2 with lower power consumption.
I will use the realtek as one of my multi wan interfaces. So there will not be much traffic on it.
I think with this beast I can handle 4x32mbit multi wan (full speed when downloading with multiple connections).
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I think with this beast I can handle 4x32mbit multi wan (full speed when downloading with multiple connections).
Without breaking a sweat I would think. ;)
Steve
