[Intentions to] Go-Green
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I can't seem to find any clear answer to this: whether or not pfSense must be an entire stand-alone computer, or if it is possible to share it with another platform.
In my plans and actions of axing my power bills, I have cut from four computers to three: my main BSD server handles DNS, mail, and web. –It is a new Dell Duo with CPU and disk to spare. My network guy warns against doing anything else with the server such as building a jail and making a desktop out of the jail. The next obvious question is: can I put pfSEnse somewhere else?
Currently, the router from the wall plugs into my standalone pfSense; then a second network connection runs to my switch. The switch runs to other computers here. The only tower computer is my main FBSD desktop. I realize that I can only get too thrifty before things risk derailing. But if any other forum members can clue me in on other pfSense configurations, I wound be very grateful.
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might help
http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,13528.msg72444.html#msg72444