Installation on Intel D2500CC (atom with dual NIC board)
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Just firewalling, default install, Intel NICs everywhere and powerD in adaptive mode.
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I've lost track of what you are using for HDD, but…
I'd put it on a SATA HDD or good SSD and be done with it. They can both be had for cheap.
I find on ebay that people are dumping used SLC SSDs primarily because 120MB/s is just not fast enough for them or they want enormous SSDs. Since those 2009ish Intel and Samsung SLC SSDs are nearly indestructable, and you don't need massive SATA3 speed or enormous storage, I'd grab one of those.I recently replaced my WD HDD in my home pfsense with a 64GB Samsung SSD and its..... Exactly the same as before.
Thats not very exciting, I know, but if it always stays same, and doesn't break I'll be happy.Its a 64GB SSD and I have it set to use about 30GB for squid cache, so its "over-provisioned" for my use.
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Hey!
I use calssic :) HDD Seagate 500GB constallation series…
Had one laying around and collecting dust, so I plugged it in :) -
Nothing wrong with that…
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im also thinking of ordering a minix, i found this one: http://www.geekbuying.com/item/MINIX-MINI-HD-PC-Barebone-System-Intel-D2550-CPU-HDMI-VGA-No-memory-No-hard-disk-Us-Plug-317041.html
would this work fine?
or can i get a better and cheaper anywhere else?
im going to install strong vpn, openvpn, do you Think that i can get a good speed out of this box when using openvpn on a 100mb line?
that is very important for me that i get a good speed through the openvpn Connection, or do i need a better cpu?and where can i buy a cheap harddrive/memorycard and ram memory for this minix?
thank you
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…and is it possible to add a wireless card in the minix? if so, witch one is the best?
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You will probably see ~60Mbps openvpn throughput, less if you're doing other stuff with it.
Atheros wifi cards are best supported but even then older cards are more likely to work. There is no support for 802.11n so you won't see more than 54Mbps. Many people would recommend an external access point.
Steve
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ok, thank you for your answer, i guess that i have to make an order then:)
but i guess if i get a minix or other with a faster cpu, i will get even faster troughput whn using openvpn?
its too bad that pfsense cant handle pptp Connection, the Connection speed would be better than with openvpn.where can i buy this minix as cheap as possible?
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Yes the throughput is limited by the CPU encrypt/decrypt speed.
pfSense can do PPTP but you shouldn't use it due to it's weak encryption:
https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/PPTP_VPNSteve
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thanks again for the Quick answer, i know that pptp is possible in pfsense but i dont Think that its possible to use a vpn service like strong vpn, pure vpn or anyting else that provides pptp encryption, but correct me if im wrong, and please tell me how to set it up to get it to work, i have Always used tomato firmware and the pptp setup in that tomato router is very easy, just username, password, and the pptp gateway is all that i need to get it to work, not that simple in pf sense if its possible at all.
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im also thinking of ordering a minix, i found this one: http://www.geekbuying.com/item/MINIX-MINI-HD-PC-Barebone-System-Intel-D2550-CPU-HDMI-VGA-No-memory-No-hard-disk-Us-Plug-317041.html
would this work fine?
This looks to be the same box as this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856205007. There's a thread on this board where someone set one up with good luck… Once you include shipping cost, it might be cheaper from newegg.
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thanks for the link, but unfortunately i dont Think they ship to sweden, only to US.
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no i have ordered one, is it possible to install pfsense on a usb stick or anything else? i dont have a 2.5 harddrive yet.
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If you are running one of the nano images, and you should do if you're running from flash, then the smallest image is 512MB.
Steve
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tomorrow im going to get the minix:) and i have ordered a 2.5 sata drive, so how could i install pfsense?
can i install trought usb? if so, how do i do it? -
tomorrow im going to get the minix:) and i have ordered a 2.5 sata drive, so how could i install pfsense?
can i install trought usb? if so, how do i do it?Install the SSD drive in the MINIX box. From another machine, download an appropriate 2.1 memstick image (either 32 or 64 bit). Create a USB boot stick using the memstick image (dd the image to the device). Boot the MINIX box using the USB stick and it will walk you through the install. Pretty easy…
BTW, the other thing you will want to do is turn on TRIM for the SSD (not on by default). You can search the forums to get instructions on doing it...
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ok, thank you, but i havent ordered any ssd disk, its a common 2.5 s-ata disk, i hope this will work anyway?
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its a common 2.5 s-ata disk, i hope this will work anyway?
Good point… I obviously misread your previous post!
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hi again,
i have now installed pfsense using a usbstick, it Went extremly good,no problems at all, i have also installed strongvpn and it runs pretty good, im a bit unpleased with the speed i get, of a 100mb/s down i get only 20 mb/s down, could there be any other settings that can make the speed go up ehn i use openvpn?
i was thinking if if i really use both of the cores in the cpu or only one?
the cpu speed is supposed to be very important when it comes to openvpn speed, or is it possible to overclock the cpu?
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So you're using an Atom D2500? What encryption level/type are you using? What is the CPU usage showing? Try running 'top -SH' at the console while downloading via the VPN.
Steve
