Help on cheap build…
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Thanks! I will change that now. Better performance going ssd than hdd for just pfsense?
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I actually just Checked the first buildand it's the same mobo.. If you don't like that controller what do u recommend ?
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What about this board?
Has built in Celeron quad j1900 with dual nics
http://m.newegg.com/Product/index?itemnumber=N82E16813128698
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What about this board?
Has built in Celeron quad j1900 with dual nics
http://m.newegg.com/Product/index?itemnumber=N82E16813128698
Read the reviews. J1900 boards seem to often have BIOS issues. This was one of the prominent ones.
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Yea just read some, was coming back to modify my post before u replied lol… Agh this is a pain lol
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What you can do is read through the ratings and customer feedback for whatever mobo you are considering and see if those customers had an easy, pleasant and reliable pfsense install. I have a j1900 and its abit buggy when it comes to boot disk selection. It often likes to switch on you if you plug anything new into it.
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Looking now but a lot of talk about people considering using but can't find any confirmation … Still looking
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Well if $200 is too much in your eyes what do you all recommend part wise?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Igel-5-4-4210LX-Winestra-Running-Untangle-10-2-Firewall-Router-/141458051424?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20ef8e9160
It also runs pfSense pretty solid, plus has hw crypto acceleration which really boosts OpenVPN (tested: https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=45430.0 with pfSense 2.2-release: https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=45430.msg481353#msg481353). -
good thread, amendolaro. have you made a final decision yet?
kejianski: thanks for being so helpful
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Well if $200 is too much in your eyes what do you all recommend part wise?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Igel-5-4-4210LX-Winestra-Running-Untangle-10-2-Firewall-Router-/141458051424?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20ef8e9160
It also runs pfSense pretty solid, plus has hw crypto acceleration which really boosts OpenVPN (tested: https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=45430.0 with pfSense 2.2-release: https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=45430.msg481353#msg481353).robi: is this meant to be an "as cheap as possible" alternative?
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yes.
If somebody doesn't have/need for higher bandwidths than what's benchmarked in my linked post, it's a rock solid piece of hardware.
