Nooby looking for ITX firewall
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Hi guys,
I have never used freeBSD before so very green to this but like PFsense ;-). I am looking to replace my adsl cisco router with a linux/BSD firewall for all the extra features. I want to build a small machine (ideally ITX - wanted IPMI but oh well) that is supported as a FW and AP. I have done some research and the below seems good to me but I need a PCI-E that wil work with hostap - i cannot find much info on this.
ADSL PCI
http://linitx.com/viewproduct.php?prodid=12181Motherboard
http://www.mini-itx.com/store/?c=34#JNF99-525NIC Module
http://www.mini-itx.com/store/?c=34#modules (Jetway 3x LAN Motherboard Module)
Supported (http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=2765.msg%25msg_id%25)COM 1 as console <<–-- read this can be done.
can someone give any advice?
Thanks
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The base three lan module is Realtek, and it heavily loads the CPU. A little lower is a Intel 3 lan module and it will work much better.
As for the motherboard, I have not used that one so I can not say for sure if the nics are supported. I am running about 70% success on the Atom motherboards with nic support.
No clue on the DSL board.
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Thanks Lee, Any idea of a mini PCI E WIFI card that works with hostap?
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I have never seen a "card" that makes a better AP than a good AP. So right now I have an EnGenius EAP300N plugged into an Ethernet port. Less headaches…
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@Lee:
I have never seen a "card" that makes a better AP than a good AP. So right now I have an EnGenius EAP300N plugged into an Ethernet port. Less headaches…
Ditto. I use Apple AirPorts though.