Netgate Discussion Forum
    • Categories
    • Recent
    • Tags
    • Popular
    • Users
    • Search
    • Register
    • Login

    [ Show your pfSenses! ] - Thread - (bandwidth warning!)

    Off-Topic & Non-Support Discussion
    78
    166
    130.9k
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • C
      Cino
      last edited by

      Good to know, thanks for the info

      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • M
        MontTech
        last edited by

        Came in today, going out tomorrow!  Love the new boxes  ;D

        ![2015-04-07 15.36.16 (Mobile).jpg](/public/imported_attachments/1/2015-04-07 15.36.16 (Mobile).jpg)
        ![2015-04-07 15.36.16 (Mobile).jpg_thumb](/public/imported_attachments/1/2015-04-07 15.36.16 (Mobile).jpg_thumb)

        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • M
          MontTech
          last edited by

          Annnnnnnnnnnnnd another one….Doing our part to keep the pfSense boys busy!

          ![2015-05-29 09.57.39.jpg](/public/imported_attachments/1/2015-05-29 09.57.39.jpg)
          ![2015-05-29 09.57.39.jpg_thumb](/public/imported_attachments/1/2015-05-29 09.57.39.jpg_thumb)

          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • X
            xy.pf123msgebox.com
            last edited by

            My laundry room:

            pfSense Firebox XTM 520
            gigabit managed switch
            ISP gigabit modem
            big ups (server) & small ups (network)
            mac server
            *invisible due to embedding in the floor - 2 x ubiquity ap-lr-ac - the best wifi I've had
            & fabric softner, detergent, furnace, etc :)

            IMG_4652.JPG_thumb
            IMG_4652.JPG

            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by

              Nice.  :)

              No lcdproc?

              Steve

              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
              • jahonixJ
                jahonix
                last edited by

                Steve, can you make this a sticky so it can be found even without new posts?

                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                • stephenw10S
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                  last edited by

                  Seems like I can.  :)

                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                  • ivorI
                    ivor
                    last edited by

                    For those with official pfSense hardware, please post a few pics here as well https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=126630.0

                    Need help fast? Our support is available 24/7 https://www.netgate.com/support/

                    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                    • SoarinS
                      Soarin
                      last edited by

                      Running pfSense in a VM with my Dell PowerEdge R610

                      CPU: x5560 (only 4 threads given)
                      RAM: 4GB of DDR3 ECC
                      HDD: 6GB (Even with Squid, Snort, and a few other packages installed it uses 19% of 6GB)

                      I'd eventually like to take my pfSense out of a VM and put it into a dedicated machine. It runs my server & home network, the amount of speed & control I've gotten out of this is immense compared to my ISP MoCA.

                      I hardly understand pfSense but it was love at first sight.

                      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                      • K
                        kilthro
                        last edited by

                        So it's been a while since I was last in here posting my setup.

                        This was my previous one.
                        https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=57028.msg304531#msg304531

                        @kilthro:

                        Well I wish I had a fancy setup. Here is a a pic of my pfSense box.

                        SUPERMICRO SYS-5015A-EHF-D525 1U Intel Atom D525 Dual Gigabit LAN w/ IPMI Server
                        4 gig ram
                        Intel EXPI9402PT 10/ 100/ 1000Mbps PCI-Express PRO/1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter
                        two 250gig WD black 2.5 inch drives mirrored
                        1500AV UPS (not shown) for 1.5 hours of backup time.
                        And for the heck of it a Crystalfontz display. :-D
                        Have gigabit wireless access point as well hooked up. (not shown)

                        Don't make fun of my makeshift fan bracket (zip ties in vent). lol The system is "passively cooled"  and I didn't like the 65°C so i put a case fan in and now its 40°C. Not exactly where i would want it but much better.

                        It, unfortunately, died a few weeks ago… The onboard SATA controller died and hard drives couldn't be accessed.

                        Here is my new one..

                        Supermicro Server (SYS-5017P-TLN4F)
                        Core i7-3612QM
                        8GB ECC ram
                        Dual WD Black 250GB 32MB Cache 7 MM 2.5 Inch - WD2500LPLX in GEOM Mirror
                        Intel EXPI9402PT 10/ 100/ 1000Mbps PCI-Express PRO/1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter  (taken from prior build so I can have 6 ports) :-)
                        WIFI is handled by a NETGEAR ProSAFE WAC730 Business 3x3 Dual Band (set up for EAP)
                        Crystalfontz display taken from prior build. So happy to have that working again in recent builds!

                        Long live pfSense!!! Can't imagine using anything else. #goldmember for life!

                        IMG_3584.jpg
                        IMG_3584.jpg_thumb
                        IMG_3606.jpg
                        IMG_3606.jpg_thumb

                        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                        • D
                          docdawning
                          last edited by

                          This is my little datacentre closet. My pfsense router is in the top left corner. It's a ~2.0GHz HT Pentium 4 Dell machine, with 768MB of RAM. It has a couple of IDE drives, one of which holds a squid cache. I've got a much newer Xeon server to replace it with, but it works perfectly fine, lots of traffic through it and it's been solid for about 8 years.

                          Capture.PNG
                          Capture.PNG_thumb

                          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                          • D
                            Dax71
                            last edited by

                            My pfSense setup and network produkt line is:

                            HPE Microserver Gen 8 i3-3220 8GB Ram running pfSense 2.3.x
                            3 Unifi AP 2.4 Ghz
                            2 Dlink Managed switches

                            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                            • I
                              indigo88
                              last edited by

                              Fractal Design Node 202
                              Intel Core i5 7600K
                              ASRock Z270M-ITX/ac
                              16GB DDR4
                              Intel Optane Memory 16GB M.2 (There's a 250G Samsung 960 Evo in the photo, it was way too big, so I reclaimed it)
                              Intel X550-T2
                              Running 2.4.0 beta

                              ![File Feb 28, 12 04 14.jpg](/public/imported_attachments/1/File Feb 28, 12 04 14.jpg)
                              ![File Feb 28, 12 04 14.jpg_thumb](/public/imported_attachments/1/File Feb 28, 12 04 14.jpg_thumb)

                              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                              • S
                                seelukebairgmail.com
                                last edited by

                                Running an ugly little AMD AM1 vmware box, 16G RAM at my home.
                                Windows 10, Vmware Workstation It has just enough juice to run PFSENSE 2.3,Domain Controller, fileserver, and my plex server. 
                                Most of the build was from spare parts, the RAID card was the most expensive item. 
                                I recently was running 70+Meg internet on a usb NIC, but upgraded to a cheap Intel pcie.  I'm mentioning it because some people had questions about running pfsense on a usb nic, I had no notable problems other than the clunky vmware network configuration.  Note I used workstation and not ESXi.

                                0.jpg
                                0.jpg_thumb
                                cpu.JPG
                                cpu.JPG_thumb

                                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                • R
                                  Ryu945
                                  last edited by

                                  Pfsense can use intel optane?

                                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                  • G
                                    Gershwin
                                    last edited by

                                    My hardware setup. Software setup is pending  ;)



                                    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                    • O
                                      omaga54
                                      last edited by

                                      hello, my setup.

                                      PFSNSE version:2.3.4-RELEASE-p1

                                      SYSTEM:
                                      HP DC5700 small form factor
                                      CPU:
                                      Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6300 @ 1.86GHz
                                      RAM
                                      4GB of DDR2800
                                      HDD:
                                      Seagate 120GB SATA
                                      NIC:
                                      X3 GB realtek Nics.

                                      Packages:
                                      Snort
                                      Squid
                                      squidguard
                                      Lightsquid
                                      Status_Traffic_Totals
                                      pfblockerng

                                      system has been running with no issues and doesn't take up to much ram, i used to us Smoothwall and it doesn't compare to PFSENSE

                                      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                      • C
                                        cyberlocc
                                        last edited by

                                        Not Done, but getting there.

                                        Full disclosure this is my first 1u build, is a challenge with cables. I am going to be redoing the cabling later, and also changing the CPU out and changing the ram to 2 sticks.

                                        For now here she is :).

                                        Istarusa case, 1U. Faceplate painted red.

                                        Asus P106i motherboard
                                        Skylake G440 (soon to be replaced with a E3 1240 V6)
                                        8gb DDR4 ECC (Soon to be 16gb and hestsinked)
                                        2 STEC Mach 16 50gb SLC ssds in Z Mirror.
                                        Intel I350 T4 Nic (plus 2 onboard i210 ports)
                                        Seasonic 300w modular Flex ATX power supply (way more wattage then needed, but fan never turns on :p, plus it's a great PSU.)
                                        3x Noctua A4x20 (had to custom drill 3d slot) and 2x Noctua A4X10, made the SSD cooling fan bracket, and there is another fan hot glued to the i350s hestsink.
                                        Zalman 3p52x CPU Cooler. All fans and CPU cooler are set to max, still much quieter than my Cisco 2960s.

                                        I think that's about it :). Oh and running 2.4 RC for the ZFS mirror.

                                        IMG_20170915_122719.jpg
                                        IMG_20170915_122719.jpg_thumb

                                        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                        • K
                                          Kryptos1
                                          last edited by

                                          My rig

                                          IMG_20171021_203340.jpg_thumb
                                          IMG_20171021_203340.jpg

                                          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                          • H
                                            hotsauce2007
                                            last edited by

                                            @Kryptos1:

                                            My rig

                                            looks amazing, it´s deserve a new photo in high definition for us  ::)
                                            do you have any worklog or any step by step about how you made it or what you have inside?  :)

                                            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                            • First post
                                              Last post
                                            Copyright 2025 Rubicon Communications LLC (Netgate). All rights reserved.