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      Finger79
      last edited by

      Sorry to ask again, but will the SG-1000 support packages?  Looking for very basic pfBlocker, FreeRADIUS.  Snort/Suricata would be a dream but doubt it.

      I may have to bump it up to the SG-2220 as a good, portable travel pfSense setup if the SG-1000 isn't beefy enough.  (I'm looking to build a nice solution for when I travel and stay in hotels/conferences/family homes and am currently using a DD-WRT setup, which is wonderful for Wi-Fi/repeating/client/AP but lacks the full UTM setup I can get in pfSense.)

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      • jimpJ
        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
        last edited by

        yes, it will support some packages. Exactly which ones we have not fully defined yet. Snort/suricata are highly unlikely.

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          pppfsense
          last edited by

          Very nice.

          I'll wait until they get offered without the Gold subscription and under $80.

          (You can get a mini system with quad core N3150 with dual nics for $170).

          You need to make money, I know, but the competition is fierce.

          @NOYB:

          INTRODUCING THE
          SG-1000
          microFirewall

          https://netgate.com/products/sg-1000.html

          Optical illusion.

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          • KOMK
            KOM
            last edited by

            You can get a mini system with quad core N3150 with dual nics for $170

            With 2+ GB RAM, 32 GB SSD and not from some fly-by-night company?

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              pppfsense
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              AsRock is not a flyby company that I know?

              You should know that most motherboards are made by the same handful of companies, so quality is not really an issue anymore.

              I am willing to spend $60 more dollars for the memory and the ssd, in a system that will be 4x as powerful.

              I am all about open/standard components so you can fix/replace them yourself.

              @KOM:

              You can get a mini system with quad core N3150 with dual nics for $170

              With 2+ GB RAM, 32 GB SSD and not from some fly-by-night company?

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                W4RH34D
                last edited by

                Cool, I ordered one.

                I was wondering when we'd see ASIC stuff in networking gear.

                Did you really check your cables?

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                  RangerZ
                  last edited by

                  If I were to push a pair of these into service as an OpenVPN client and server, can anyone guess at the throughput, assuming a good connection.

                  What is the purpose of the sd-card?

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                  • KOMK
                    KOM
                    last edited by

                    What is the purpose of the sd-card?

                    That's probably the boot drive.

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                    • JKnottJ
                      JKnott
                      last edited by

                      I think they should start an Evangelist program where they give free units to any forum member with more than +4000 posts and +468 karma…

                      I used to use a 6in4 tunnel, from gogo6 to get IPv6.  They sent me one of their hardware adapters for free, because of all the help I was providing in the forum.  They even wanted me to go to Los Angeles, to make a presentation at an IPv6 conference, but I passed on that.

                      I never used that adapter though as, at that time, my firewall was openSUSE Linux on which I ran their tunnel software.  They apparently shut down the tunnel shortly after my ISP started offering IPv6 last spring.

                      PfSense running on Qotom mini PC
                      i5 CPU, 4 GB memory, 32 GB SSD & 4 Intel Gb Ethernet ports.
                      UniFi AC-Lite access point

                      I haven't lost my mind. It's around here...somewhere...

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                        uknownme123
                        last edited by

                        Maybe someone can direct me to a different thread, but this is ARM processor? Which generation ARM? Does this mean you can put pfSense on Pi?

                        I know there was no ARM processor support for pfSense in the past.

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                        • jimpJ
                          jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                          last edited by

                          @uknownme123:

                          Maybe someone can direct me to a different thread, but this is ARM processor? Which generation ARM? Does this mean you can put pfSense on Pi?

                          I know there was no ARM processor support for pfSense in the past.

                          Yes it is ARM. No it does not mean you can (or would want to) run pfSense on a Pi.

                          It only means that this one specific ARM device will work.

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                            freke
                            last edited by

                            Hi just a question. Would this support an extra nic or wire-less on USB?

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                            • jimpJ
                              jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                              last edited by

                              @freke:

                              Hi just a question. Would this support an extra nic or wire-less on USB?

                              If there are FreeBSD/arm drivers for them, perhaps. We do not recommend using USB NICs, however. It will support using VLANs if you need to address more than two networks.

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                                gcu_greyarea
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                                @jimp:

                                @uknownme123:

                                Maybe someone can direct me to a different thread, but this is ARM processor? Which generation ARM? Does this mean you can put pfSense on Pi?

                                I know there was no ARM processor support for pfSense in the past.

                                Yes it is ARM. No it does not mean you can (or would want to) run pfSense on a Pi.

                                It only means that this one specific ARM device will work.

                                Hi jimp,

                                I would be interested to run pfSense on a Pi. I just setup a OpenVPN Server on a Pi and it was a real Pain.
                                I'd much prefer pfSense's implementation of OpenVPN.
                                Open VPN on a Pi is helpful for sitations where I need to remote into a site infrequently and cannot justify running a PC or appliance. Or in the event where I cannot replsce the existing router.

                                I hope that pfSense will make the ARM version available so people can run it on a Pi or other low cost hatdware.

                                Best Regards

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                                  Nullity
                                  last edited by

                                  @gcu_greyarea:

                                  @jimp:

                                  @uknownme123:

                                  Maybe someone can direct me to a different thread, but this is ARM processor? Which generation ARM? Does this mean you can put pfSense on Pi?

                                  I know there was no ARM processor support for pfSense in the past.

                                  Yes it is ARM. No it does not mean you can (or would want to) run pfSense on a Pi.

                                  It only means that this one specific ARM device will work.

                                  Hi jimp,

                                  I would be interested to run pfSense on a Pi. I just setup a OpenVPN Server on a Pi and it was a real Pain.
                                  I'd much prefer pfSense's implementation of OpenVPN.
                                  Open VPN on a Pi is helpful for sitations where I need to remote into a site infrequently and cannot justify running a PC or appliance. Or in the event where I cannot replsce the existing router.

                                  I hope that pfSense will make the ARM version available so people can run it on a Pi or other low cost hatdware.

                                  Best Regards

                                  Did you get any useful OpenVPN bandwidth from the Pi CPU?

                                  Please correct any obvious misinformation in my posts.
                                  -Not a professional; an arrogant ignoramous.

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                                    gcu_greyarea
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                                    "Did you get any useful OpenVPN bandwidth from the Pi CPU?"

                                    Enough bandwidth for one user to run a VNC connection at 1080P (pi3, full Raspbian install)

                                    Using the Pi as a DNS blackhole (pi-hole) i can get VPN throughput of around 4Mbit/sec when connecting with an iPhone.

                                    Pi CPU remains below 20% when using AES256/SHA1. Thats just from looking at yhe CPU indicator of the Raspian GUI.

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                                      whosmatt
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                                      @gcu_greyarea:

                                      I would be interested to run pfSense on a Pi.

                                      It's my understanding that the Pi, in addition to having only 100Mbps ethernet, has that ethernet port on a USB bus.  Someone correct me if I'm wrong.  I can see a lot of use cases for the Pi, but until it gets a proper Ethernet chipset, I won't even use it to replace my Sheevaplug (NAS with 2nd gen Drobo and BIND DNS server), much less as a pfSense box.

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                                        gcu_greyarea
                                        last edited by

                                        Hi Whosmatt,

                                        Yes you are correct in regards to the ethernet port. Onboard ethernet would be preferred…
                                        With any luck there'll be a BSD driver for that USB/ethernet interface.

                                        I wouldn't use a pi in a production environment... but making pfSense available on ARM would certainly be a positive move as it would lower the cost of getting into pfSense and the power consumption.

                                        The SG-1000 probably caters for that need already... but 150$US might be out of many people's budget...

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                                          skilbjo
                                          last edited by

                                          Any idea when this will be released? I ordered mine about 2-3 weeks ago and eager waiting for it  ;D

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                                          • jahonixJ
                                            jahonix
                                            last edited by

                                            @skilbjo:

                                            … ordered ... 2-3 weeks ago ...

                                            First come, first serve.
                                            They seem to be working on it heavily.  https://twitter.com/pfsense/status/799762396436832256

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