Amd sempron 3400+
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First of all does anyone know if the amd sempron 3400+ (2.0 ghz) cpu is supported by pfsense? If so for a 20/10 connection would that 512mb of ddr ram and 2 10/100/1000 pci cards be a decent home box? I've also got one of each of the following:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833704133
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833166096
To be use in it if they are supported. Thanks for your time! -
it depends on exact tasks you're trying to achieve
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It might be hard to use ethernet card, check FreeBSD10.1 compatibility list
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It would just be a small 10 - 15 device network running 24/7 for home use
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To be certain to have success with the nics I would stick to Intel.
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Probablybyou will need to use i386 version of Pfsense
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Probablybyou will need to use i386 version of Pfsense
Un what facts to you base this assumption?
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512mb of ddr ram
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512mb of ddr ram
Ok. I thought you were referring to the CPU. Pfsense however recommends using x86_64 if your CPU supports 64 bit regardless of the amount of RAM.
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I've been running a Sempron 3400 in a Pfsense box I built for our church. I have 1GB RAM in mine (2 512MB sticks I had laying around). I've always ran the x64 code - starting with 2.1 and now 2.2 beta.
It easily handles the 30/5 cable modem fine with up to 150 users (mostly phones, but we occasionally see folks bring in tablets).
I did use real Intel nics.
Adam
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There appear to be two Sempeon 3400+ processors that run at 2GHz. Both support AMD64.
1GB will be a lot better than 512MB if you can find another stick of dram particularly if you want to run anything additional.That wifi card should work in 2.2. I wouldn't count on it. If you have the card already then try it.
https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=84358.msg464244#msg464244That Rosewill dual nic looks to be based on the Realtek rtl8169 which is best avoided. There's a review stating it bahaved badly with pfSense at newegg.
Steve
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for a basic system not running squid,etc - it will be sufficient
edit: see if you can add another 512 or 1gb of ddr1 for cheap
for wifi, you may want to use an external router as a accesspoint with the pfsense doing the DHCP,etc
