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

    PFsense mini computer and battery/powerbank questions.

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Off-Topic & Non-Support Discussion
    35 Posts 6 Posters 4.0k Views
    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.
    • L
      logart @stephenw10
      last edited by logart

      @stephenw10 said in PFsense mini computer and battery/powerbank questions.:

      pfSense can't actually combine connections at that level it can only load balance between them which is not the same thing.
      To do that you need something at both ends to split and combine the connections at a packet level. Like MLVPN:
      https://mlvpn.readthedocs.io/en/latest/what_is_mlvpn.html

      If you are really concerned with power usage then you should be looking at some thing that can run at low voltage directly. Converting the battery voltage to high voltage AC only to then convert it back down to 12V or 5V to power some small computer is very inefficient.

      Steve

      Speedify does that, it's highly redundant.

      "In Redundant Mode, Speedify sends all of your data over every one of your Internet connections at the same time. Whichever packet gets through first, is the one to be delivered. The end result is consistent and reliable Internet access when that’s all you really need."

      https://speedify.com/blog/internet-reliability/user-spotlight-redundant-mode/

      I love speedify because of that. I won't change softwares

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

        Then you're stuck running Windows with all the security implications that carries it seems. 😉

        Or OSX I guess.

        What throughput do you actually need?

        Steve

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

          @logart said in PFsense mini computer and battery/powerbank questions.:

          Edit: Also the pi can run windows enterprise or just windows IoT?

          https://www.neowin.net/news/windows-10-enterprise-will-finally-support-arm-with-the-snapdragon-8cx/
          Said to be "slow as hell" but could use only one CPU core (on RPi 3).

          I'd get fired if I ran my main routers/firewalls on Windows OS.

          L 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • L
            logart @jahonix
            last edited by

            @jahonix Yep, but how i can run apple OS? I have no choice.

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

              @logart said in PFsense mini computer and battery/powerbank questions.:

              @jahonix Yep, but how i can run apple OS? I have no choice.

              Buy a Mac?
              There's always a choice.

              L 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
              • L
                logart @jahonix
                last edited by

                @jahonix

                lol no i stick with windows. The internet and devices in my home will be more secure with the VPN provided by speedify anyways. The risk is low. The the device i want to buy, will not be used for anything else. No malware, VPN acts as a DDOS control. So i still think my risk is very limited with windows.

                kiokomanK jahonixJ 2 Replies Last reply Reply Quote 0
                • stephenw10S
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                  last edited by

                  There is a lot of misinformation about VPNs. Personally I don't think they do either of those things.

                  Once, many years ago I ran Windows as a router. Never again!

                  They have Linux code since they have an Android client. It would be much better to run the client on, say, OpenWRT but that's probably not going to happen.

                  Or host your own bonding server and use OpenMPTCProuter.

                  Steve

                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                  • kiokomanK
                    kiokoman LAYER 8 @logart
                    last edited by

                    @logart said in PFsense mini computer and battery/powerbank questions.:

                    @jahonix

                    lol no i stick with windows. The internet and devices in my home will be more secure with the VPN provided by speedify anyways. The risk is low. The the device i want to buy, will not be used for anything else. No malware, VPN acts as a DDOS control. So i still think my risk is very limited with windows.

                    If i scan the network nothing will prevent me to find your real ip, take advantage of every single hole in windows OS, put inside your lan every malware i can think of or some ransomware. VPN will protect you only from some lame player of some stupid game that want to ddos you. Can't you really think of anything better than a windows router? 🙅 🙅 🙏

                    ̿' ̿'\̵͇̿̿\з=(◕_◕)=ε/̵͇̿̿/'̿'̿ ̿
                    Please do not use chat/PM to ask for help
                    we must focus on silencing this @guest character. we must make up lies and alter the copyrights !
                    Don't forget to Upvote with the 👍 button for any post you find to be helpful.

                    L 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                    • L
                      logart @kiokoman
                      last edited by

                      @kiokoman

                      And what you would achieve by that, infecting a windows computer that has only 2 softwares running on it? When all my other computers are mac and linux in my home. If that happens i will just delete the Windows partition AND reinstall Windows and start again 🤔.

                      Well anyways.. i have no other option And spending all that money for a mac laptop is not a option.

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

                        @logart said in PFsense mini computer and battery/powerbank questions.:

                        The internet and devices in my home will be more secure with the VPN provided by speedify anyways.

                        I doubt that "the internet" will be more secure and I cannot see how a VPN protects your devices at home.

                        @logart said in PFsense mini computer and battery/powerbank questions.:

                        all my other computers are mac and linux

                        So you want to put the weakest device at the front gate? 🤔
                        I'd think twice about that.

                        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                        • kiokomanK
                          kiokoman LAYER 8
                          last edited by kiokoman

                          well for example i can stole your data, sniff your traffic before it go inside the vpn, use it to load botnet, or only for the sake of it, wan is full of idiots with a lot of time to waste. Just for example one of my clients found the police out of the door, one day, because someone used his server to commit scams on ebay, before asking help to us. The guy before us had put Windows Server 2003 sbe just after the modem without any firewall. 😂

                          ̿' ̿'\̵͇̿̿\з=(◕_◕)=ε/̵͇̿̿/'̿'̿ ̿
                          Please do not use chat/PM to ask for help
                          we must focus on silencing this @guest character. we must make up lies and alter the copyrights !
                          Don't forget to Upvote with the 👍 button for any post you find to be helpful.

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

                            Yeah. There are many things that someone with access to that box could do and you don't want any of them!

                            I assume speedify give you a private IP when you connect to them so at least you are not directly accessible that way. If it's behind other routers on the WAN connections it may not have a public IP at all which at least reduces the risk. But...

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