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      traigo
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      I'm playing around with an old PC right now for testing. I need some advice on the production hardware.
      Test Hardware: AMD Athlon 1600mhz, 512mb, HDD1 30g, HDD2 20g, Onboard NIC, 2x 3C980-TX PCI

      Goals for this box:
      DHCP Server
      VPN Server
      Internet Gateway
      Load Balancing, Connection Failover
      Route incoming connections based on port/protocol
      WAN 1: Cable 12m/4m with 2 fixed IPs
      WAN 2: T1 1m/1m (split from PRI trunk) with 5 fixed IPs
      LAN: 100mbps to Dell PowerConnect 3324

      Hardware goals:
      Small footprint
      Low heat generation

      I was looking at http://www.mini-box.com/Mini-Box-M300
      Mainboard: Jetway NC92-N230 mini-ITX Intel Atom 1.6GHz + ICH7
      Mainboard Modules: Jetway 3 x Gigabit LAN
      Memory: 1g DDR2
      Storage: Internal 4g USB stick (purchased separately)
      DC-DC Power: picoPSU 120
      AC-DC Power: 12v/5A AC-DC Power Adapter

      Our internal network uses SIP phones with an Asterisk box connected to the PRI and to backup analog lines (no external VoIP)

      We have ~15 remote users who use VPN as needed with heavy load early in the morning and a few working after hours.

      Does this sound like it would work well?  Any forseen problems?  With the USB, should I choose the compact flash install to reduce disk writes? I'd like to have a 2nd 4gb USB stick that I can clone from the original after the initial setup.  That, paired with a regular backup of the config would be a very fast recovery in case of failure.

      Thanks in advance for any help,
      Traigo

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        covex
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        i have this guy http://portwell.com/products/detail.asp?CUSTCHAR1=NAD-2081 in my office handling 50 ipsec tunnels used mostly for techsupport and 3-5 remote users connected. firewall, dhcp, wireless. works out of the box even with pfsense 1.2. now i'm thiking about adding a vpn encription card so i can put more load through vpn.

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          traigo
          last edited by

          Thanks.  Is it not able to handle the encryption for more than 5 users on VPN?

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            GruensFroeschli
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            The number of users is irrelevant.
            What counts is the bandwidth you're pushing.

            We do what we must, because we can.

            Asking questions the smart way: http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

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              covex
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              @traigo:

              Thanks.  Is it not able to handle the encryption for more than 5 users on VPN?

              it handles the current load just fine. as i said 50 3des/md5 tunnels.

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                marcusone
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                Did you end up getting the Mini-Box Jetway ITX PC?  I'm getting one and curious what you thought of it if you did get it?

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