Home router build with pfSense
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Hello.
I'm busy planning for my home network. I'd like to build a home router that will stand between my switch and modem. My internet connection speed will be 120Mbps. (= 16MB/s)
I'd like my home router to have 2 LAN ports. It must contain VPN capabilities so I can connect to my home server at any time! I do not want a CPU bottleneck.
Ofcourse security is also an issue, and that's why I opted to go with pfSense!It does not need to be fanless and the only packages I will use are VPN and possibly ClamAV.
Now I was wondering what hardware would be fit for the job, while still not consuming lots of power or costing a lot.
I read good things about the Asus RT-N66U (100eu), especially concerning the antennas. Does pfSense support those antennas?
Or do you people have other, better alternatives?other idea would be this: http://www.mini-box.com/MITAC-PD12TI-D2500CCE-Mini-ITX-Motherboard
Greetings & Thanks in advance
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Now I was wondering what hardware would be fit for the job, while still not consuming lots of power or costing a lot.
I read good things about the Asus RT-N66U (100eu), especially concerning the antennas. Does pfSense support those antennas?I gather that there's some support for the wireless chipset in FreeBSD (on which pfSense is based).
Yet the issue isn't about wireless support, it's rather about CPU support:pfSense is currently only supported (stable) on i386 / x64 CPU, so basically AMD / Intel / VIA "commodity" processors.
It does not support the Broadcom MIPS-based CPU in the ASUS - and probably won't in the foreseeable future (which is not to say it couldn't be made to work somehow but you would have to jump through many hoops). -
Thanks for your reply, I was kind of expecting that.. Guess it'll a low-power mini-ITX atom motherboard.
The quest continues..