My build, may help others…
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So I recently put PFSense on an unlikely piece of hardware and thought I would share the experience.
You may have heard of an Intel NUC - if not you can Google it.
I got my hands on one of those, but not the intel version. Unfortunately it is the realtek NIC version - with a single NIC and an AMD processor :(The only way this setup works is with a managed switch - I have a Dell switch. 5 VLANS were needed in my environment.
But, I decided to move ahead on it. I loaded PFSense a few times - the single NIC issue kept kicking me in the rear end and I kept locking myself out. I was configuring all the interfaces in GUI - much better to stick to console in this case. Once I did that it was smooth sailing.
The box is operational and surprising works well. I have had no NIC panics that you normally see with the Realtek NICs - it has been a couple days and I am getting full wan speed, and no reboots needed.
The box is small and low on power usage and very quiet.Here is some data in case someone wants to see it…```
load averages: 0.06, 0.07, 0.02 up 2+04:47:32 22:28:54 149 processes: 3 running, 124 sleeping, 22 waiting Mem: 67M Active, 683M Inact, 510M Wired, 27M Cache, 816M Buf, 6336M Free Swap: 16G Total, 16G FreeThe temp sensor is very wrong though… ![pfsense.PNG](/public/_imported_attachments_/1/pfsense.PNG) ![pfsense.PNG_thumb](/public/_imported_attachments_/1/pfsense.PNG_thumb)
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You may have heard of an Intel NUC - if not you can Google it.
Can you provide us perhaps with link or the price?
The most Intel or AMD based NUCs i really found here over Google, was at the price range
from ~280 € - ~400 €.I was finding a this two ready to go solutions sorted with 4 or 5 Intel NICs.
Jetway NF9HG-2930 Intel Celeron Quad Core Fanless PC w/ 4X Intel LAN, 2GB, M350 ~$289
Jetway Intel N2930 Network PC w/ 5X Intel LAN, 2GB, JBC200F9N-E4IN-B, ADE4INLANG ~$309 -
Something like this is similar to mine:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-BOXDCCP847DYE-DCCP847DYE-Celeron-847-SODIMM-NUC-Mini-PC-Kit-O4-S-/351451082566?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item51d41def46No links earlier due to not knowing if I was allowed to post them…
EDIT: That one needs RAM and a HDD and a power cord, my bad for not noticing earlier
EDIT2: and one that is complete: http://www.ebay.com/itm/SmartVue-Intel-NUC-Kit-DCCP847DYE-Mini-PC-Intel-1GHz-CPU-4GB-RAM-16GB-mSATA-SSD-/221835008683?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item33a6659aab