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      l_liet
      last edited by

      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?

      1. Intel Quad Core i5 3470 3.20Ghz
      2. Asus Intel B75 Chipset MB
      3. 8GB 1600Mhz DDR3 Memory
      4. 1TB Sata6.0 Harddisk
      5. Gigabit Internet Lan Port & 1 PCI GIGABIT LAN CARD NX-1101
      6. 500Watts Power Supply Unit with ATX Casing

      Thank you for all of you guys advise.

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        wallabybob
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        @l_liet:

        and it just install squirt package

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

        @l_liet:

        1. 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:

        1. 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.

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          l_liet
          last edited by

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

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            A Former User
            last edited by

            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..

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              l_liet
              last edited by

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

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              • stephenw10S
                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                last edited by

                What is your WAN connection bandwidth?

                Steve

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                  l_liet
                  last edited by

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

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                  • stephenw10S
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                    last edited by

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

                    Steve

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