The difference when using pfsense router and PC when use pfSense
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I think you need to buy a NetGate/pfSense ready-made device and get paid support. Mostly because your setup may need some fine-tuning and running known-good hardware will help.
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Your wans make sense.. But your 4 lans are all in the same network.. So confused as to why you would do this?
Yes there would be energy savings.. But not very much in the big picture.. A normal pc just doesn't use up that much juice and will be long time to see the cost savings.. The cost of running 60 pcs to play games… I just do not see how you would worried about saving the cost of the "router" power in such a setup. When your only talking even 100w.. Which wouldn't be the case more like the cost of running a 60w light bulb ;)
But if your looking for the best way to run pfsense and have the best support then yes I would highly suggest you get a appliance from them and then pay for their new support model..
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Your wans make sense.. But your 4 lans are all in the same network.. So confused as to why you would do this?
Dear "johnpoz" When Gamer play Game A on WAN 1 being lag, they can change other gateway (other WAN). That will help them play game better.
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So you created vips on your lan then.. Wouldn't it just be easier to load balance across your wan group by putting them in the same tier?
https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Multi-WAN
Load Balancing
When two gateways are on the same tier, they will load balance. This means that on a per-connection basis, connections are routed over each WAN in a round-robin manner. If any gateway on the same tier goes down, it is removed from use and the other gateways on the tier continue to operate normally. -
He's probably running a gaming internet cafe or a lan party and wants users to be able to switch gateways as some games have better performance with some ISPs due to peering/routing differences.
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Ok that makes sense.. I would of done it via dynamic vlans though ;) and not vips.. Users are normally stupid - even "gamers" having them change their gateway manually asking for a shitton of questions ;)
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The subnet scheme still seems….. unusual! ???
Steve
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The subnet scheme still seems….. unusual! ???
Steve
Thanks Steve very much.
Can you help me to tell me more problem unusual so that I can improve it? -
@johnkeates:
He's probably running a gaming internet cafe or a lan party and wants users to be able to switch gateways as some games have better performance with some ISPs due to peering/routing differences.
That's right.
Ok that makes sense.. I would of done it via dynamic vlans though ;) and not vips.. Users are normally stupid - even "gamers" having them change their gateway manually asking for a shitton of questions ;)
I think 4 port LAN is easier for me :)
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I think we need a diagram showing exactly how you have it setup. Otherwise any advise we give may be incorrect.
Steve
