My build, may help others…

MordyT

So I recently put PFSense on an unlikely piece of hardware and thought I would share the experience.

You may have heard of an Intel NUC - if not you can Google it.
I got my hands on one of those, but not the intel version. Unfortunately it is the realtek NIC version - with a single NIC and an AMD processor :(

The only way this setup works is with a managed switch - I have a Dell switch. 5 VLANS were needed in my environment.

But, I decided to move ahead on it. I loaded PFSense a few times - the single NIC issue kept kicking me in the rear end and I kept locking myself out. I was configuring all the interfaces in GUI - much better to stick to console in this case. Once I did that it was smooth sailing.

The box is operational and surprising works well. I have had no NIC panics that you normally see with the Realtek NICs - it has been a couple days and I am getting full wan speed, and no reboots needed.
The box is small and low on power usage and very quiet.

Here is some data in case someone wants to see it…```
load averages: 0.06, 0.07, 0.02 up 2+04:47:32 22:28:54 149 processes: 3 running, 124 sleeping, 22 waiting Mem: 67M Active, 683M Inact, 510M Wired, 27M Cache, 816M Buf, 6336M Free Swap: 16G Total, 16G Free

The temp sensor is very wrong though…

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Guest

You may have heard of an Intel NUC - if not you can Google it.

Can you provide us perhaps with link or the price?

The most Intel or AMD based NUCs i really found here over Google, was at the price range
from ~280 € - ~400 €.

I was finding a this two ready to go solutions sorted with 4 or 5 Intel NICs.
Jetway NF9HG-2930 Intel Celeron Quad Core Fanless PC w/ 4X Intel LAN, 2GB, M350 ~$289
Jetway Intel N2930 Network PC w/ 5X Intel LAN, 2GB, JBC200F9N-E4IN-B, ADE4INLANG ~$309

MordyT

Something like this is similar to mine:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-BOXDCCP847DYE-DCCP847DYE-Celeron-847-SODIMM-NUC-Mini-PC-Kit-O4-S-/351451082566?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item51d41def46

No links earlier due to not knowing if I was allowed to post them…

EDIT: That one needs RAM and a HDD and a power cord, my bad for not noticing earlier

EDIT2: and one that is complete: http://www.ebay.com/itm/SmartVue-Intel-NUC-Kit-DCCP847DYE-Mini-PC-Intel-1GHz-CPU-4GB-RAM-16GB-mSATA-SSD-/221835008683?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item33a6659aab