New Build I Need Some Help Please

val

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

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

val

@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

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

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

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

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

val

@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

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

Steve

alexmiro26

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

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

Steve

alexmiro26

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

Darkk

Ebay is a good source for stuff but check out Amazon.

Here is the card I ordered which works great in PCI-express slot.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000BMZHX2/ref=oh_details_o04_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

alexmiro26

so you are sayng one of those will work because i looked up by chipset and i didnt see it in the list but if it works in your router i will buy one and can i use one of the ports for wan and the other one to connect to a switch to go on from there

biggsy

@alexmiro26:

I Will Be Using A HP SFF PC And I Only Need Half-Height Cards

The Motherboard I Have Has 3 PCI-1X And One Legacy PCI

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

Which HP SFF PC?

Unless it's really old I suspect that it will have 1 x PCI plus 3 x PCIe (PCI Express) not 3 x PCI-X (PCI Extended).

Look for a single-port Intel PRO/1000 CT adapter. These are PCIe, should be reasonably priced and supported by pfSense. Just be sure they come with the half-height bracket. Another option is an HP NC360T dual-port adapter.

alexmiro26

i have one full pci express 16x and 2 1x and one legacy pci and the card that was recomended will it work btw it has 2 gigs of ram and a intel core 2 duo

alexmiro26

its a hp compaq dc7800 sff pc

biggsy

@alexmiro26:

its a hp compaq dc7800 sff pc

Then the cards mentioned earlier will do the job. If they're new they should come with both brackets.

You can also get the Intel PT cards in dual-port and quad port.

alexmiro26

the point is am planning to use one as a wan port and the other to connect to a switch and one of them from the switch to a router to use as a wireless access point

alexmiro26

will that work ? or will i have to use the on board nic because the nic i'm planning to buy is a lot better