Watchguard Firebox M400/M500
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After been sat on the sidelines and reading through this I'm swaying towards getting a m400, hopefully soon in my village I will have full fttp so 1gb up/down, but before I do is it worth it still today as the this thread has been around a while.
I have a pfsense build on a older gaming pc ( i7 3770k 32gd ram 256gb ssd) but it's in a tower case on top of my x3650 m3 which is impractical and power hungry.
Had pfsense running on a VM but the post time of a server to a bare metal machine is night and day in a family household.
Not shy in tinkering and messing with stuff
spent a week trying to get pfsense to run on a meru wireless controller for lols only to find out its 32bit CPU and definitely not worth it .Any advice or suggestions would be great and thanks in advance
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It will pass 1Gbps easily enough if that's what you mean. You can replace the CPU with a variety of other 4th gen models for more throughput or less power consumption.
Steve
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Hi Steve, thanks for your input much appreciated, is there any difference between the one with a screen on it or the one with the 2 sfp's?
Cheers Oliver
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The m400/m500 has no LCD and has two 1G SFP ports. There are many other firebox models of varying age, you'll have to be more specific.
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Sorry should of been a bit more specific one has model number KL5AE8 which is the M400 afaik but then i seen NC2AE8 badged as a M400 aswell unless its an error in the listing?
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NC2AE8 is the XTM5 which is much older device. It uses a Core2duo CPU for example.
The M400 is better in just about every way. Except maybe the lack of an LCD. And whether you consider a UEFI BIOS an advantage!
Steve
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@stephenw10 uefi bios has cause nothing but bother in my eyes where stuff would normally just boot you now have to dick around and change stupid settings just to get it boot from a usb
I'm trying to get a good deal on the M400 atm
What's the difference between the M400 to the M500?
Cheers Ollie
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@seacombe2379 said in Watchguard Firebox M400/M500:
What's the difference between the M400 to the M500?
Different CPU. Double the RAM. Check the hardware guide.
Both of which you could swap in anyway.
Steve
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So that's out of Watchguards factory specs but nothing a wee upgrade couldn't fix?
What's the max ram they support? 16gb ddr3?
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Yeah the board and case are identical as far as I know. I've never laid hands on an M500.
If you search this thread I'm sure you'll find someone who has tried 16GB. I've never needed that.
Steve
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@stephenw10 Cheers Steve I will confirm once I get my hands on one I have a few combinations of ram lying around
Regards the console is it only rj45? Is there an internal serial at all I can't remember if that was said? I know there is a internal VGA.
What's the best usb to rj45 serial that people use?
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Yes, it's only the RJ-45 console port. I've used a variety of whatever I had in hand and they've all worked.
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@seacombe2379 said in Watchguard Firebox M400/M500:
What's the best usb to rj45 serial that people use?
I use the same blue one that I use at work on our Cisco stuff.
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I was literally just about to pull the trigger on the Watchguard then a Nomadix AG5800 came up,
As far as I can see there the same inside?!? Correct me if I'm wrong for it for a steal for the price they sell at plus I like the green but red would of been good
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@seacombe2379 said in Watchguard Firebox M400/M500:
I was literally just about to pull the trigger on the Watchguard then a Nomadix AG5800 came up,
Trust me.. there are no Watchguard fan boys here... just the equipment style and layout.. plus it pisses off their management that we repurpose them..
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Does anyone have the stock 4GB ram stick that they'd be willing to part with? I picked up a second unit and plan to set them up in a high availability arrangement but need an additional stick of ram
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@scorch95 I got the original 8 gig (2x 4gig ECC) out of an M500 just sitting here I can get rid of... I sent you a chat.
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@chpalmer yeah I gathered that by the way they lock everything down on them and use stupid reverse pcie connectors
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@seacombe2379 said in Watchguard Firebox M400/M500:
stupid reverse pcie connectors
Those are standard the Lanner devices to be fair.
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@stephenw10 said in Watchguard Firebox M400/M500:
@seacombe2379 said in Watchguard Firebox M400/M500:
stupid reverse pcie connectors
Those are stupid on the Lanner devices to be fair.
There.. fixed that for ya! ;) :)
