On 21/08/2016, Paul Mather <[email protected]> wrote: > On Aug 21, 2016, at 2:56 AM, Dave Warren <[email protected]> wrote: >
<snip> > >> I started at https://pfsense.org/, then clicked on Products, which took me >> to https://pfsense.org/products/ which only offers >> https://store.pfsense.org/XG-2758/ when I was looking for a new product a >> couple weeks ago. It didn't occur to me you would have multiple incomplete >> lists of products, so I ordered hardware elsewhere already. > > > Even on that page it's incorrect to say it "only" offers the XG-2758. > That's the only one they show in the main table on that page (which > presumably is only a "recommended selection" of what they offer, to avoid > the table becoming overcrowded). If you click on the big red "PRODUCT > FAMILY" link above that then you get a listing that includes the SG-4860-1U. > Plus all of the "MORE DETAILS" links in the main table take you to the > pfSense Store, where, presumably those curious would browse further (and see > that they sell, e.g., high availability solutions). > > >> Shame, I'd rather have supported pfSense, but it's too late now. > > > If you'd been keen on supporting the pfSense project then you'd have done > well to read the "Official Product Comparison" section of the "Products" > page you mention above. It talks about the benefits of supporting the > project, but, moreover, contains obvious links to "The pfSense Store" and > "pfSense Partner". > > I guess you were in a big hurry when you ordered and missed reading that? > ;-) > > Cheers, > > Paul. Thank you for that. As a person who has just found this (trapped in gmail spam folder), in going to the web page at https://pfsense.org/products/https://pfsense.org/products/ , I found the SG-2220 and SG-2440, and, as a WiFi add-on appears available (or, I could buy locally, and, plug into an Ethernet port, an Ethernet/WiFi router, like we have here, now, at one end of the house), I think that I could use one of those (probably, the latter; the 2440, with the 4 LAN Ethernet ports), to replace our current firewall gateway computer (for which, I have forgotten all of the passwords), when we are forced to change from ADSL to what in Australia , is named the NBN, in a few months time. >From what I understand, these devices come with pfsense pre-installed, with the default settings, to implement " All incoming connections to WAN are blocked All outgoing connections from LAN are allowed " which I understand to mean we can go out, from the LAN, but, people trying to come in, from the WAN, are blocked, which is (to me) a good starting point, that would probably (for our uses) not need adjusting. And, I understand that these devices allow the preinstalled pfsense, to be configured by the LAN administrator, using either command line or GUI interfaces, so as to implement connection to a WAN modem, and, to LAN clients (which may(?) be the only configuration needed, for a simple but effective firewall for a small LAN with less than a dozen clients). And, at 299USD (?) and 499USD(?), respectively, they appear to me, to be quite worthwhile. If I am wrong, in any of my understandings, as mentioned here, corrections would be welcome. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .............. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts", written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books, 1992 .................................................... _______________________________________________ pfSense mailing list https://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list Support the project with Gold! https://pfsense.org/gold
