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      common
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      I've been using an old wireless linksys running tomato firmware and it has finally died on me.

      Looking to replace with a pfsense setup hopefully to manage:

      2 ethernet connected pc's
      2 wireless consoles
      2 wireless devices (occasional)

      I've been up all night reading, but need quick advice:

      What hardware should I be looking at to get pfsense running.

      Must be efficient - my linksys would only draw around 10w i think.

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        tommyboy180
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        It really depends on your budget and your needs. FreeBSD allows you to choose from a wide range of hardware and still get great performance.
        Right now I have a $400 supermicro 1U pfsense box that is just so much overkill for my needs, even with my torrent addiction. I could easily purchase a used pos on craigslist for cheap and get the same performance that meets my needs.

        Here are some things to consider when choosing hardware:

        • power consumption

        • stability/reliability

        • performance

        • expandability

        Since you had/have requirements that were satisfied from a linksys device than my suggestion would be to pay no more than $40 on a used PC. You would get 10 times the performance with the used pc vs. the linksys device and power consumption would be comparable with reason (replacing the PSU with a low profile low energy PSU)

        -Tom Schaefer
        SuperMicro 1U 2X Intel pro/1000 Dual Core Intel 2.2 Ghz - 2 Gig RAM

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          eirikz
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          Also look at the possibilites to have more playroom, a random server with ESXi will give you a lot more possibilities with running multiple servers, with x-number of nics and other goodies.

          Atleast if you are interested in tinkering with different OS´and services.

          Running pfSense on :
          DL380G4 with ESX Vsphere and DL360G4p bare metal

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