On Apr 22, 2014, at 3:42 PM, Volker Kuhlmann <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed 23 Apr 2014 05:02:59 NZST +1200, Jim Thompson wrote: > >>> Are there any USB Ethernet adapters that actually work with pfsense? >>> Reliably? I am looking for reports from those who have tried, not the >>> freebsd supported HW list - that list is too long and not really >>> trustworthy (I have a USB wifi adapter which runs for 10min then makes >>> pfsense kernel panic). >> >> WiFi isn't recommended until at least pfSense 2.2, if then. > > OK, thanks Jim, good to know. Do you mean this to apply to USB wifi only? No. > There are cheap mPCIe atheros-based wifi cards for the PCEngine APU > board. Are they known to be reliable? Yes, I know. We sell thousands of them every month, but not for use in pfSense. Maybe with 2.2 the situation will improve. >> You can pick up the 8 port HP switches (e.g. 1810-8G aka J9802A) for less >> than $100 these days. >> No fan, so noise-free. < 8W maximum. > > Yes, thank you for mentioning that - I had seen that yesterday and their > power specs had escaped me when I looked at them previously (some of > those similar models do guzzle it). > > That's my plan B, but I really don't like to use VLANs when I can avoid > the clutter and complexity (more bugs, more time spent). A pfsense box > with more ports is much easier. You asked. BTW, VLANs end up as less clutter, not more. jim _______________________________________________ List mailing list [email protected] https://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list
