pfSense hardware recommendation for 20 Mbps
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Hi everyone, greetings from Mexico City, can you help me, I'm a noob on pfSense, I was looking on internet the hardware that I need for a 20 Mbps Internet connection, I'm not sure from where I can start, I been using TP-Link Routers and I want more control from my network, I don't want to use any of these home oriented users I have knowledge about computers but I never build a pfSense Box in my life it's my first time.
Thanks for the advice.
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@CristianEstrada15 You should have no problem with 20 Mbps. The Netgate 1100 would be fine with that speed. Or any PC hardware, with two network cards.
Are you planning to run any packages?
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@SteveITS Maybe in the future, do you think an Intel Celeron or maybe an Intel Core from the 3rd Generation will make the work fine!? I was looking up the Netgate 1100 but I think is very expensive here where I live for what it is,
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@CristianEstrada15 Either will be fine. The 1100/2100 use an Arm CPU, and the next several models are Atoms. So not that fast. A lot of people just an old PC after replacing theirs, and put in another network card.
In general until someone gets up to the 500-1000bps speeds hardware is not a concern I would have.
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@SteveITS Ok, I have and Pc with an AMD E2-3200 laying around, do you think that this will work!?
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@CristianEstrada15 Pretty much any 64 bit CPU will be fine, just give it a try.
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Yes, that^.
Anything I can think of that is capable of running current pfSense will pass 20Mbps no problem.
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@SteveITS Ok, thank you so much for the advice
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@stephenw10 Thanks for the advice!
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If you do a custom build stick with Intel based NIC’s to make life easier.
Also while you have many solutions for a 20mb solution, you may want to ask yourself where you will be 1-2 years down the road. For instance if you know 500mb is around the corner, it may make sense to build for that so you don’t have to repeat. On the flip side if you don’t see a near future change then go cheap and get your feet wet by experimenting.
