Hardware for 200++ user connections

l_liet

Hi,

I need to build up wifi service, using pfsense to local authenticate via voucher generate by pfsense and it just install squirt package, capable of 200+ user connected simultaneously, is it below hardware requirement supported?

Intel Quad Core i5 3470 3.20Ghz
Asus Intel B75 Chipset MB
8GB 1600Mhz DDR3 Memory
1TB Sata6.0 Harddisk
Gigabit Internet Lan Port & 1 PCI GIGABIT LAN CARD NX-1101
500Watts Power Supply Unit with ATX Casing

Thank you for all of you guys advise.

wallabybob

@l_liet:

and it just install squirt package

I don't know squirt. Do you mean squid or snort or something else?

@l_liet:

Gigabit Internet Lan Port & 1 PCI GIGABIT LAN CARD NX-1101

I would recommend a PCI-Express card over a PCI card. PCI bus will be saturated before 1Gbps, PCI Express can do 1Gbps each direction.

@l_liet:

500Watts Power Supply Unit with ATX Casing

500W is likely far more than you need. 300W is likely rather more than you need. Power supplies are more efficient near their rated load than when supplying a small fraction of their rated load.

l_liet

Yes, I mean squid package. Thank you for the advise.

A Former User

definately wouldnt use a PCI ethernet nic with 200+ users…

if your gonna use vouchers and Captive Portal AND snort or squid, more ram the better.
somewhere around 32G i would suspect would be ideal..

l_liet

Thank you for advise on ram, will take it into consideration. Apart from ram, the board and the processors is enough?

stephenw10

What is your WAN connection bandwidth?

Steve

l_liet

Still not sure what will telco provide, but mostly will be Metro-E 10Mbps.

stephenw10

That system is massively overspecced for 10Mbps throughput.
It could probably handle >1Gbps with Snort and Squid.

Steve