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      fraglord last edited by

      Situation: need to setup a pfSense router (NAT, Firewall, VPN client) for my internet connection which is currently 50 MBit/s and probably later upgraded to 100 MBit/s (cable). The whole traffic has to pass through an OpenVPN tunel with strong encryption (AES-256-CBC). Budget, as I'm a student, is low and also low power consumption is required.
      What would you guys suggest ? Any chance to get away with an embedded device or a thin client?

      pfSense 2.4.0 (amd64) running on IGEL H710C | 1G RAM | 8G SSD | INTEL PRO/1000 PT Dual NIC

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        DiskWizard last edited by

        Is it the single connection required ?

        1. GA-N3150M-D3P 8Gb RAM

        2. GA-C1037EN-EU 4GB RAM

        • 2,5 SATA III Solid State Drive SLIM S60
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          fraglord last edited by

          No more than 2 NIC's neccessary.

          pfSense 2.4.0 (amd64) running on IGEL H710C | 1G RAM | 8G SSD | INTEL PRO/1000 PT Dual NIC

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            messerchmidt last edited by

            Athlon 5350 (Aes-ni)
            Asus AM1M-A AM1 (more pci-e slots for future)
            8-16gb corsair ecc ddr3

            or
            GIGABYTE GA-J1900N-D3V Mini ITX
            8gb ddr3 (so dimm @ 4gbx2) - no ecc support

            ebay: intel 2port or 4 ports gigabit nic card

            16gb SLC DOM (http://www.mydigitaldiscount.com/mx-technology-16gb-slc-mx-diy-series-sata-dom-ssd-mxssd2ssld16g-v/)

            pick a small case

            pico psu

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              fraglord last edited by

              I have chosen an IGEL H710C thin client with 1GB RAM and 1GB SSD. Just added an Intel Pro 1000 PT Dual card (ouch, runs very hot)!
              The Via Nano runs in turbo mode at 1.6 GHz and provides crypto accelerartion (Via Padlock).
              This setup is easily able to max out my current connection (50Mbit/s) while cpu load stays well below 50%.
              So I am happy with this cheap, powerful and silent decision :)

              pfSense 2.4.0 (amd64) running on IGEL H710C | 1G RAM | 8G SSD | INTEL PRO/1000 PT Dual NIC

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