New Build I Need Some Help Please

alexmiro26 · Dec 15, 2013, 5:10 AM

Hello I Am Planning To Do A New Build Running Pfsense
I Will Be Using A HP SFF PC And I Only Need Half-Height Cards
I Need Some Help Which Should I Get I Dont Want To Pay A Lot Too
But I Do Want It To Be A Gigabit Connection
The Motherboard I Have Has 3 PCI-1X And One Legacy PCI

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833166005&ignorebbr=1
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833180026&ignorebbr=1
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833704011&ignorebbr=1
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833704060&ignorebbr=1
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833166017&ignorebbr=1
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833156139&ignorebbr=1
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833114004&ignorebbr=1
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833127134&ignorebbr=1

And For Wireless I Want To Run It From The Same Machine But I Dont Know Which WLAN Cards Will Work

alexmiro26 · Dec 16, 2013, 12:32 AM

Please Help Me Out ASAP

tirsojrp · Dec 16, 2013, 2:49 PM

All those nics are crap.

Get intel dual gigabit nics from ebay.

alexmiro26 · Dec 16, 2013, 7:00 PM

do you have a specific model and/or is one of these good
and by any chance do you have a preference for wireless

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833106122&ignorebbr=1
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833106033&ignorebbr=1

alexmiro26 · Dec 16, 2013, 7:06 PM

btw i also need them to be half-height

val · Dec 16, 2013, 9:16 PM

@alexmiro26:

btw i also need them to be half-height

I personally prefer Intel server nic, but on the other hand it's abit pricey, a quick search on ebay for "Intel I350" turns out about $100 a pecice.

Whichever you going for just check if the chipset is supported under freebsd 8.3 which will means it will work under pfsense 2.1 release.

Also most intel server nic has low profile bracket that you can swap.

alexmiro26 · Dec 16, 2013, 10:06 PM

Im Sorry But I Dont Understand That List I Have Found Some On Ebay But Am Not Sure If Pfsense Will Support It And About The Wireless?

alexmiro26 · Dec 16, 2013, 10:14 PM

like i found these ones and my motherboard that i will be using has one pci x16 slot so they will fit

and if you guys can please help me out with the wireless cards that i can use btw i dont need the fastest wireless like AC

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Poweredge-Intel-Dual-Port-Gigabit-Network-Card-PCIe-1000Base-T-NIC-/231117405847?pt=US_Internal_Network_Cards&hash=item35cfabbe97

http://www.ebay.com/itm/INTEL-DUAL-PORT-GIGABIT-ETHERNET-NIC-FOR-DELL-POWEREDGE-1950-/111239404547?pt=US_Server_Disk_Controllers_RAID_Cards&hash=item19e6629c03

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-D50868-002-PRO-1000-PT-Dual-Port-Gigabit-PCIe-Server-Network-Adapter-Card-/111235971892?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19e62e3b34

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Intel-Pro-1000-PT-DUAL-PORT-GIGABIT-ETHERNET-PCIe-NIC-Card-X3959-/141140059177?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20dc9a6429

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-PRO-1000-D33682-X3959-Dell-C57721-004-PCI-e-Gigabit-Dual-Port-Lan-Card-/231108138700?pt=US_Internal_Network_Cards&hash=item35cf1e56cc

http://www.ebay.com/itm/DELL-Intel-Pro-1000-PT-DUAL-PORT-GIGABIT-ETHERNET-PCI-e-NIC-Card-X3959-/131070228420?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e8464f7c4

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-D33025-Gigabit-Dual-Port-PCIe-Ethernet-/131072213295?pt=US_Internal_Network_Cards&hash=item1e8483412f

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Pro-1000-Dual-PORT-GIGABIT-ETHERNET-PCIe-NIC-Card-EXPI9402PT-/121232348265?pt=US_Server_Disk_Controllers_RAID_Cards&hash=item1c3a02d469

val · Dec 16, 2013, 11:24 PM

List it's not hard to understand, for example.

Let's say if you want to find if Intel I350 T2 are supported by freebsd 8.3

Firstly you need to find what controller/chipset the NIC is using.

Secondly do a simple search for I350 or Intel I350 in:-
http://www.freebsd.org/releases/8.3R/relnotes-detailed.html

Once that's confirmed in freebsd 8.3 you could than maybe ask if anyone has experience or feedback on them.

Hope this help.

alexmiro26 · Dec 17, 2013, 2:08 AM

im so sorry thank you so much for the help and about wireless how can i see which is compatible

val · Dec 17, 2013, 6:16 AM

@alexmiro26:

im so sorry thank you so much for the help and about wireless how can i see which is compatible

Personally I have no experience with wireless within pfSense, I will leave this question to other who have. ;D

stephenw10 · Dec 17, 2013, 8:33 PM

You say you don't need the fastest wifi which is good because the best you can do directly in pfSense is 802.11G.
Selecting a wifi card that's compatible can be a bit hit and miss. Your best bet is an older Atheros based card. There is a list of supported chipsets here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AojFUXcbH0ROdHgwYkFHbkRUdV9hVWljVWl5SXkxbFE&hl=en

Personally I would only use a wifi card in the pfSense box directly if I already had the hardware to hand. Otherwise you can get much better speed, range and often reliability by using an external access point.

Steve

Darkk · Dec 17, 2013, 9:23 PM

Yeah better off using external WiFi access point to save yourself the headaches. Hopefully the next version of PfSense will be based on FreeBSD 10 with better hardware support.

alexmiro26 · Dec 19, 2013, 7:39 PM

which wireless thingy should i use the wireless access point i dont want to spend a lot but i want it to be at least 450mb b/g/n

alexmiro26 · Dec 19, 2013, 9:24 PM

because i have a netgear n900 wireless dual band router can i use that and if so how

val · Dec 19, 2013, 11:27 PM

@alexmiro26:

because i have a netgear n900 wireless dual band router can i use that and if so how

If you want to use those wireless router make sure you have DHCP server off so it wont try to giving out any IPs and let your pfSense box do the job.
Also making sure on your Netgear n900 NAT function it's off as well, the last thing you need will be double NAT ;D

After above steps it should turn your netgear n900 into a Wireless AP without any routeing function.

stephenw10 · Dec 20, 2013, 1:58 AM

Yep.
https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Use_an_existing_wireless_router_with_pfSense

Steve

alexmiro26 · Dec 21, 2013, 5:48 PM

i found this on ebay he claims it will work but i want to be 100% sure because i cant check what chipset it is using
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-DUAL-Port-GIG-Pro-1000-PCI-32-LP-Lan-NIC-4-pfsense-EM0-1-untangle-m0n0wall-/251397784870?pt=US_Firewall_VPN_Devices&hash=item3a8879c526

stephenw10 · Dec 22, 2013, 1:43 AM

That card will work but you would be better off using a PCIe card to fully use the gigabit interfaces.

Steve

alexmiro26 · Dec 22, 2013, 1:56 AM

i cant find one that is compatible for less than $40 on ebay would you please help me find one