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      alexmiro26
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      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

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        alexmiro26
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        Please Help Me Out ASAP

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          tirsojrp
          last edited by

          All those nics are crap.

          Get intel dual gigabit nics from ebay.

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            alexmiro26
            last edited by

            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

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              alexmiro26
              last edited by

              btw i also need them to be half-height

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                val
                last edited by

                @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.

                Intel Xeon E3-1225 V2 @ 3.20Ghz
                Intel S1200KPR server board mini-ITX
                A-data ECC 4GB x 2 1600MHz
                Intel Ethernet Server Adapter I350-T2
                Samsung 840 Pro 120GB
                Lian-Li PC-Q15B

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                  alexmiro26
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                  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?

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                    alexmiro26
                    last edited by

                    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

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                      val
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                      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.

                      Intel Xeon E3-1225 V2 @ 3.20Ghz
                      Intel S1200KPR server board mini-ITX
                      A-data ECC 4GB x 2 1600MHz
                      Intel Ethernet Server Adapter I350-T2
                      Samsung 840 Pro 120GB
                      Lian-Li PC-Q15B

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                        alexmiro26
                        last edited by

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

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                          val
                          last edited by

                          @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

                          Intel Xeon E3-1225 V2 @ 3.20Ghz
                          Intel S1200KPR server board mini-ITX
                          A-data ECC 4GB x 2 1600MHz
                          Intel Ethernet Server Adapter I350-T2
                          Samsung 840 Pro 120GB
                          Lian-Li PC-Q15B

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                          • stephenw10S
                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                            last edited by

                            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

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                              Darkk
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                              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.

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                                alexmiro26
                                last edited by

                                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

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                                  alexmiro26
                                  last edited by

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

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                                    val
                                    last edited by

                                    @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.

                                    Intel Xeon E3-1225 V2 @ 3.20Ghz
                                    Intel S1200KPR server board mini-ITX
                                    A-data ECC 4GB x 2 1600MHz
                                    Intel Ethernet Server Adapter I350-T2
                                    Samsung 840 Pro 120GB
                                    Lian-Li PC-Q15B

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                                    • stephenw10S
                                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                      last edited by

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

                                      Steve

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                                        alexmiro26
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                                        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

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                                        • stephenw10S
                                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                          last edited by

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

                                          Steve

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                                            alexmiro26
                                            last edited by

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

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