Probably need to upgrade my pfSense box
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I have a SuperMicro box from around 2010, an X7SPA-HF-D525. I believe this has an Atom D525 Processor (1.8GHz). I upgraded the RAM, I believe to 4GB, which is the max. I recently enabled pfBlocker and noticed webpages will take a long time to load. It is getting pretty frustrating. I am thinking I need to probably look into getting a new appliance for pfSense. I was needing at least 4 ports.
What appliance or hardware would you guys recommend for a small space where a tower or regular sized computer wouldn't fit.Running VPN and pfBlocker
https://ibb.co/sZ26WPj
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@amrogers3 what sort of internet you have, if 2.5ge or less prob just a 4200, if over that then the 6100..
Both have a small footprint and fanless, so quiet.
You could always do a DIY box, but if me I would just buy an appliance from netgate.. I mean you might save a few bucks via DIY.. But in the long run prob not much.. And you are supporting pfsense/netgate and you get +
I have a 4860 currently which is getting a bit long in the tooth - if I needed to purchase something today I would prob go with the 6100.
If wanting to DIY, there are more qualified people here that could make suggestions there.. But when it comes time to replace my current 4860.. I will be getting another actual netgate box.
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@johnpoz
That is helpful John, thank you.
I was looking at the 6100 but the hardware in it looks a bit dated. Looks like the price on the 6100 would be right at $1000 with the NVMe. I don't even know what the price difference would be on a DIY solution like another SuperMicro compared to the 6100. I have read there are failures with eMMC.
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@amrogers3 pfBlocker by itself shouldn’t really impact speed. Unless maybe you’ve added really large lists? I would guess some sort of DNS problem but you’d need to tell us what specifically is slow.
Re eMMC wear, see https://forum.netgate.com/post/1202029
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@SteveITS
Yep, you may be right, it may be DNS but I don't remember having this problem until I started using pfBlocker. Going to a page seems to take a long time to load. For example, I will type a URL or click a link and it will appear to be loading and you can see the progress bar. It sometimes takes up to 30s for a page to load.I am using
2.7.2-RELEASE (amd64)Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU D525 @ 1.80GHz
4 CPUs: 1 package(s) x 2 core(s) x 2 hardware threads
AES-NI CPU Crypto: No
QAT Crypto: NoI can't seem to post pictures here but here is a link:
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@amrogers3 could also be IPv6 configured but not working.
However per the image you’ve blocked everything…what is allowed?
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@SteveITS
Sorry about that, I updated the link with full ruleset.
https://imgur.com/a/Fcl7NY3LAN is my trusted network and Guest is not.
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Mmm, that's old but shouldn't cause 30s delay.
Can you see what it's waiting for with browser debug tools?
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@stephenw10
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@amrogers3 most browsers have built in dev tools that can do this. firefox its cntl+shift+i
Or just from the tools menu, browser tools, web dev tools
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Using the built in tools. So, for example, in Firefox open the web developer tools and check the Network tab while loading a page.
