Pfsense build or vmware
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Running pfsense on VMware now on a host with dual gigabit ports. the wan port is also giving internet to my host pc while the lan goes into a switch. Is there a performance issue here? Would I be better buying a pc for pfsense? If so I saw this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856205007
one reviewer said it was laggy on pfsense.
Thanks
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I'm running pfsense on that machine and it works fine for my home network with a couple dozen devices. I'm running snort, but not much else for packages, and the cpu usage almost never shows more than %3 in pfsense. It's tough to beat for the price.
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Do you actually need 1Gbps throughput? You won't get that with pfSense and a D2550 CPU. 'Laggy' performance can be very subjective and impossible to compare when he doesn't say what throughput he was trying to push.
Steve
