New hardware

JKnott

I'm not sure what your reply is saying. That 4 GB is well above the minimum specs for pfsense and what does DNSBL mean? It also has Intel NICs and AES-NI. The system it replaced has an Athlon 3200+ CPU and 4 GB, which ran very well and had no problem keeping up with 500 Mb download.

NogBadTheBad

@jknott said in New hardware:

@noplan

I'm not sure what your reply is saying. That 4 GB is well above the minimum specs for pfsense and what does DNSBL mean? It also has Intel NICs and AES-NI

Hes talking about pfBlocker.

TBH RAM is cheap

noplan

@jknott

hi,
if u plan tu use pfBlocker and play a little with DNSBL (DNS-based Blackhole List)
then the more RAM u have the better.

have u thought about gettin a NETGATE SG1100 box depending on your use case ...
and by the way much cooler than the aliX import ;)

AES and Intel Nics are keepin u headache free ;)

noplan

@nogbadthebad said in New hardware:

TBH

?? damn i'm from europe i dont speak emojii ;)

NogBadTheBad

@noplan said in New hardware:

@nogbadthebad said in New hardware:

TBH

?? damn i'm from europe i dont speak emojii ;)

I'm in Europe too

TBH = To Be Honest

JKnott

@nogbadthebad said in New hardware:

Hes talking about pfBlocker

I don't use pfblocker.

JKnott

@noplan said in New hardware:

have u thought about gettin a NETGATE SG1100 box

When that was discussed earlier, the opinion was that it was a bit anemic and to go for a better model.

noplan

@jknott

have a look SG-2100 here a little over 300 EUR not including VAT

@ SG1100 same here !

but compare it wirh the SG2100 maybe it fits

noplan

@nogbadthebad said in New hardware:

I'm in Europe too

No you are not ! You kicked yourself out !

:

JKnott

@noplan said in New hardware:

but compare it wirh the SG2100 maybe it fits

It's about twice the price of the Qotom I selected.

noplan

@jknott

but the shippin from them to me flippy expensive

bingo600

@noplan

Isn't shipping around $40 w. DHL ?

noplan

@bingo600

i think i'll get a new toy ;) but i think customs declaration & import tax will kill the benefit

but @ netgate i found this

JKnott

@jknott said in New hardware:

@noplan said in New hardware:

but compare it wirh the SG2100 maybe it fits

It's about twice the price of the Qotom I selected.

Hmmm... Somehow I got the idea it was twice the price, but on checking further it appears to be roughly the same. Which would have better performance? The Qotom is an i5 CPU and has Intel NICs, but the Netgate has an ARM CPU and Marvel NICs. Both have 4 GB.

noplan

@jknott

depends on your use case, and on how long u wanna use the "box"
if u are a home/lab user and planning to use the box till it dies go with the netgate box considering the future possibility to go all in with the pfS+ version they are talkin about

and hey its a netgate box vs a china box ;)

dont get me wrong i really dont have a clue what hardware i m gonna buy in the next 6 months

A Former User

@noplan said in New hardware:

and hey its a netgate box vs a china box

Exactly where do you think the Netgate device is manufactured?

JKnott

@jwj

As was the Unifi AP I recently bought. Does the Netgate have those AES-NI instructions?

bingo600

@jknott said in New hardware:

@jwj

Does the Netgate have those AES-NI instructions?

AES-NI is an Intel extension

A Former User

@jknott No. It doesn't. The i5 will crush the ARM device for single thread performance and OpenVPN throughput. Question is, do you need that performance? Netgate box will be more energy efficient.

For what it's worth, I've always seen the 5100 as entry level. Then I cried inside at the price... The LAN<->LAN filtering rates is what I pay attention to. I would want line speed.

JKnott

@bingo600 said in New hardware:

AES-NI is an Intel extension

It's on other CPUs too.