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      Supermule Banned
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      Its great! Damn fast and and very long range.

      And yes OS is a bit stretched but would be great if pfsense could run on it.

      http://wrt1900ac.com/specs/ It seems that the long awaited wireless driver is out and people can install the WRT images on it.

      It has 256 MB DDR3 so well specced within pfsense "range".

      @stephenw10:

      Nice. How's the WRT1900AC working out for you? Too expensive for me, especially when the open source friendliness claims turns out to be a bit stretched.

      Steve

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        Cino
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        I keep going back and forth if i want to buy the wrt1900ac (after dd-wrt is fully supported of course) or buy the UniFi AP‑AC… But this wont happen until next year sometime or a xmas to myself...

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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          Personally I'd want to see OpenWRT running before anything else, assuming there's no pfSense support of course!  ;)

          Steve

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            Supermule Banned
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            I dont like that the hardware specs are not listed on the site and not listed in the downloadable material on the Unifi AP.

            @Cino:

            I keep going back and forth if i want to buy the wrt1900ac (after dd-wrt is fully supported of course) or buy the UniFi AP‑AC… But this wont happen until next year sometime or a xmas to myself...

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              Cino
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              I hear ya, this may help:

              http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wireless-reviews/32153-ubiquiti-uap-ac-access-point-reviewed
              http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wireless-reviews/32202-ubiquiti-uap-ac-access-point-retest

              Its not the best out there but I've hear it works pretty damn good right out of the box.

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                Supermule Banned
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                Not good performance on the 5G band..

                2.4 GHz performance for the UAP-AC was comparable with AC1750 routers we have tested. But 5 GHz performance suffered from both lower peak throughput and shorter range as well.

                Compared to other access points and AC1750 routers, at $300, the UAP-AC is expensive. The runs contrary to Ubiquiti's general hardware pricing, which tends to be very competitive. But as one of the few draft 11ac APs available, perhaps Ubiquiti is just trying to get while the gettin' is good.

                @Cino:

                I hear ya, this may help:

                http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wireless-reviews/32153-ubiquiti-uap-ac-access-point-reviewed
                http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wireless-reviews/32202-ubiquiti-uap-ac-access-point-retest

                Its not the best out there but I've hear it works pretty damn good right out of the box.

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                  Supermule Banned
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                  WRT1900AC

                  http://www.pcworld.com/article/2143623/linksys-wrt1900ac-wi-fi-router-review-faster-than-anything-we-ve-tested.html

                  This test was the reason is chose it over the ASUS…

                  And it does a very good job here at home.

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                    Cino
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                    Pretty much every review I've read about the WRT1900AC has been pretty good. I'm looking more towards features/reliably then WiFi performance.. When OpenWRT/DD-WRT firmware comes out, I may hit you up to see how VLANs work on the box..

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                      Supermule Banned
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                      It can VLAN out of the box… I just dont like the Linksys software since its pretty non informative.

                      Reliability is excellent and with DD-WRT firmware, it will be something that will last a long time since it can push a lot of traffic...

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                        Cino
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                        Good to know, thanks for the info

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                          MontTech
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                          Came in today, going out tomorrow!  Love the new boxes  ;D

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                            MontTech
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                            Annnnnnnnnnnnnd another one….Doing our part to keep the pfSense boys busy!

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                              xy.pf123msgebox.com
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                              My laundry room:

                              pfSense Firebox XTM 520
                              gigabit managed switch
                              ISP gigabit modem
                              big ups (server) & small ups (network)
                              mac server
                              *invisible due to embedding in the floor - 2 x ubiquity ap-lr-ac - the best wifi I've had
                              & fabric softner, detergent, furnace, etc :)

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                              • stephenw10S
                                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                                Nice.  :)

                                No lcdproc?

                                Steve

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                                  jahonix
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                                  Steve, can you make this a sticky so it can be found even without new posts?

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                                  • stephenw10S
                                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                                    Seems like I can.  :)

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                                      ivor
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                                      For those with official pfSense hardware, please post a few pics here as well https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=126630.0

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                                      • SoarinS
                                        Soarin
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                                        Running pfSense in a VM with my Dell PowerEdge R610

                                        CPU: x5560 (only 4 threads given)
                                        RAM: 4GB of DDR3 ECC
                                        HDD: 6GB (Even with Squid, Snort, and a few other packages installed it uses 19% of 6GB)

                                        I'd eventually like to take my pfSense out of a VM and put it into a dedicated machine. It runs my server & home network, the amount of speed & control I've gotten out of this is immense compared to my ISP MoCA.

                                        I hardly understand pfSense but it was love at first sight.

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                                          kilthro
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                                          So it's been a while since I was last in here posting my setup.

                                          This was my previous one.
                                          https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=57028.msg304531#msg304531

                                          @kilthro:

                                          Well I wish I had a fancy setup. Here is a a pic of my pfSense box.

                                          SUPERMICRO SYS-5015A-EHF-D525 1U Intel Atom D525 Dual Gigabit LAN w/ IPMI Server
                                          4 gig ram
                                          Intel EXPI9402PT 10/ 100/ 1000Mbps PCI-Express PRO/1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter
                                          two 250gig WD black 2.5 inch drives mirrored
                                          1500AV UPS (not shown) for 1.5 hours of backup time.
                                          And for the heck of it a Crystalfontz display. :-D
                                          Have gigabit wireless access point as well hooked up. (not shown)

                                          Don't make fun of my makeshift fan bracket (zip ties in vent). lol The system is "passively cooled"  and I didn't like the 65°C so i put a case fan in and now its 40°C. Not exactly where i would want it but much better.

                                          It, unfortunately, died a few weeks ago… The onboard SATA controller died and hard drives couldn't be accessed.

                                          Here is my new one..

                                          Supermicro Server (SYS-5017P-TLN4F)
                                          Core i7-3612QM
                                          8GB ECC ram
                                          Dual WD Black 250GB 32MB Cache 7 MM 2.5 Inch - WD2500LPLX in GEOM Mirror
                                          Intel EXPI9402PT 10/ 100/ 1000Mbps PCI-Express PRO/1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter  (taken from prior build so I can have 6 ports) :-)
                                          WIFI is handled by a NETGEAR ProSAFE WAC730 Business 3x3 Dual Band (set up for EAP)
                                          Crystalfontz display taken from prior build. So happy to have that working again in recent builds!

                                          Long live pfSense!!! Can't imagine using anything else. #goldmember for life!

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                                            docdawning
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                                            This is my little datacentre closet. My pfsense router is in the top left corner. It's a ~2.0GHz HT Pentium 4 Dell machine, with 768MB of RAM. It has a couple of IDE drives, one of which holds a squid cache. I've got a much newer Xeon server to replace it with, but it works perfectly fine, lots of traffic through it and it's been solid for about 8 years.

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