Is the SG-3100 a good fit for my network?

johnpoz

The factory image has some tweaks to have it run better on netgate hardware.. But no there is not loss of features.. And appliance will come with 1 year gold, and you will get access to couple of packages the CE doesn't get.. Some wizards and such..

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behemyth

Would the 3100 handle a gig connection, if I'm not using any of the switch ports on it? I'd really like to stop using a VM and move to a physical appliance, i just want to make sure i get the right one for me.

-Thanks

gsmornot

@johnpoz:

The factory image has some tweaks to have it run better on netgate hardware.. But no there is not loss of features.. And appliance will come with 1 year gold, and you will get access to couple of packages the CE doesn't get.. Some wizards and such..

I must not have a factory image on mine because I have never seen those options. I got my image from the support portal link. Not sure I’d use them, just saying.

Derelict

There is no community version for the SG-3100, only Netgate "factory". If you reinstall the system you will probably have to reinstall those factory feature packahes using the package manager.

gsmornot

@Derelict:

There is no community version for the SG-3100, only Netgate "factory". If you reinstall the system you will probably have to reinstall those factory feature packahes using the package manager.

Well, that makes it easy. I’ve reloaded it every other week I think since I’ve had it playing with snapshots and breaking things to learn. I just didn’t notice the option package. Thanks for the info.

jahonix

@gsmornot:

… playing with snapshots ...

On an SG-3100?
There are no publicly available snapshots for ARM installations of pfSense.
https://www.pfsense.org/snapshots/

gsmornot

@jahonix:

@gsmornot:

… playing with snapshots ...

On an SG-3100?
There are no publicly available snapshots for ARM installations of pfSense.
https://www.pfsense.org/snapshots/

I didn't see your question earlier. I get snapshots because I am in fact on the factory releases. I was unaware of the extra packages for the menu shown early in the thread.

ivor

@jahonix:

@gsmornot:

… playing with snapshots ...

On an SG-3100?
There are no publicly available snapshots for ARM installations of pfSense.
https://www.pfsense.org/snapshots/

No installers, but you can switch to development branch.

jahonix

On ARM as well?
You learn something new every day…

ivor

Yup :)