Is this build good enough?
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I have one more question!!! I have a Zotac Zbox nano id63, I have upgraded it to 4gb and a 60Gb SSD, will this do the job I want?
http://www.amazon.com/Zotac-ZBOX-Intel-Barebone-ZBOXNANO-ID63-U/dp/B00DQ5LRH6
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I think its plenty fast enough and the SSD is big enough.
I've no idea if it will install or not - May or may not be compatible.
You have one NIC on that machine right? Whats your plan to get WAN and LAN?
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I was thinking about a Usb 3.0 Gigabit Ethernet adapter like this one,
http://www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters-SuperSpeed-Gigabit-Ethernet/dp/B00BBD7NFU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1413750153&sr=8-1&keywords=usb+3.0+ethernet+adapter
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My advice, no USB network interfaces…
(I await the howling masses to point out all the successful instances of USB NICs now)
It just seems to me that its usually more trouble than its worth.
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Great, nothing else I can do to the Zotac? Btw, thanks for helping me!
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There is a way… A single NIC will work fine if you use a VLAN capable switch.
You would need for it to be able to use Tagged VLAN as well as untagged.
Then you could get WAN/LAN over 1 NIC.
But really, please check compatibility before buying a machine.
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Are you so sure you need snort?
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Not really.
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Without the CPU intensive packages, like snort - Just using VPN and firewall, you can probably be ok with the APU.
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The a8? or the main topic one? Also I found this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833114054
Can I replace the wireless with that?
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I would prefer the A8 - personal preference. Assuming compatibility of the mobo.
Bit I was talking about the 1st APU you mentioned.
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Okay, a8 it is. Just have to find a small case for the micro atx motherboard!, Thanks for your help!!
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Yeah - but you need to be careful which motherboard you buy.
Check to be sure there have been a few successful pfsense installs at least.Don't just buy a board based on spec with no checking to be sure it will boot and run pfsense.
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Hey there.
I'm the author of that blog post you linked.Just to weigh in. I actually own an Intel NUC (this doesn't guarantee capability, just some side information) and successfully managed to install pfSense 2.2. The USB 3.0 NICs worked fine however they are only supported in 2.2. I maxed my 100mbit connection using one of these adapters. For some reason, as soon as I started using two, the connection peaked at about 40mbps.
This may be a bug or hardware limitation or something, I'm not sure.http://www.amazon.com/ORICO-Gigabit-Ethernet-Chromebook-Specific/dp/B00DHAQL3K
But yeah. You could happily use 2.2, on board LAN and a USB 3.0 Ethernet adapter. Bear in mind that 2.2 is currently BETA.
Mat
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But yeah. You could happily use 2.2, on board LAN and a USB 3.0 Ethernet adapter. Bear in mind that 2.2 is currently BETA.
Not for long.
Also:
http://store.netgate.com/Production-Boards-C209.aspx