Jimmy You really do get what you pay for. I doubt that you have bothered to quantify your time and effort in getting some low powered beastie up and running.
Cost your personal time at say £20 per hour (say 25USD) - that's pretty reasonable. Now think about your options. There are quite a few ready made low power systems with pfSense pre-installed - no need to go off piste. As a rule of thumb for a decent home setup (*) I would personally think in terms of around £300-500. That will get you a decent APU2 based pfSense box, an eight port PoE (netgear) switch and a one or two Ubiquiti APs for wifi. Obviously you'll need some cables and back boxes etc as well. If you are serious about doing it right you will need decent gear. If £500 (620USD) sounds a bit mad then cost your time dealing with <stuff>. Please don't try to do the lowest common denominator thing unless you really have to - it will end in tears: yours. Cheers Jon (*) You'll need a few VLANs - LAN, WAN, THINGS, KIDS, SEWER (for devices that should never see the light of day eg IP Cameras On Wed, 2017-04-05 at 21:21 +0000, Eric Landry wrote: > I know it's a bit more expensive than the Pi devices, but there are a > few moderately priced open source router devices out there. A few > months ago, I purchased a Protectli barebones firewall device for > $200 USD, and it has worked great for my SOHO use. Of course, you'll > have to provide your own RAM & MSATA, but it's much cheaper than some > of the other pfsense-compatible devices out there. > > If anyone knows of any other pfsense devices available for $300 or > less, I'd be interested to know. > > Thanks! > Eric > > -----Original Message----- > From: List [mailto:list-boun...@lists.pfsense.org] On Behalf Of list- > requ...@lists.pfsense.org > Sent: Wednesday, April 5, 2017 12:00 PM > To: list@lists.pfsense.org > Subject: List Digest, Vol 792, Issue 1 > > Send List mailing list submissions to > list@lists.pfsense.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.pfse > nse.org_mailman_listinfo_list&d=DQICAg&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf- > v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=BioQ- > tK_j6bZDXyoL9QCfXogohZu413H1b_1nigONCE&m=fLvlCIvF0J9lKHwupGM_FNrMgYbZ > T8rvC5Akc4cnAWI&s=1vHR7aehqoVdbTvP72enoUJowrmtz72f4nGRzKIir_0&e= > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > list-requ...@lists.pfsense.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > list-ow...@lists.pfsense.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of List digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Hardware compatibility (Jimmy PIERRE) > 2. Re: Hardware compatibility (Luiz Otavio O Souza) > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2017 10:45:40 +0200 > From: Jimmy PIERRE <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3 > A__jimmypierre.rouen.france- > 40gmail.com&d=DQICAg&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf- > v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=BioQ- > tK_j6bZDXyoL9QCfXogohZu413H1b_1nigONCE&m=fLvlCIvF0J9lKHwupGM_FNrMgYbZ > T8rvC5Akc4cnAWI&s=bgvOUSE3JzPom5xS4SfdVfZae4zwH64-C_ZAzvVXqPI&e= > > To: pfSense Support and Discussion Mailing List > <list@lists.pfsense.org> > Subject: [pfSense] Hardware compatibility > Message-ID: > <CAJHChR2kuabZWZ=BZ5ZRg-SQYCQke5YuW8mbanMorcaYrD3V0Q@mail.gmail > .com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Greetings, > > I have seen many people attempting to use a Raspberry Pi and a RG-45 > to USB adaptor as a pfsense FW. > > I just located a card for the Raspberry: > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.element14.co > m_community_servlet_JiveServlet_downloadImage_38-2D25182- > 2D394661_710-2D367_nethat.jpg&d=DQICAg&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf- > v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=BioQ- > tK_j6bZDXyoL9QCfXogohZu413H1b_1nigONCE&m=fLvlCIvF0J9lKHwupGM_FNrMgYbZ > T8rvC5Akc4cnAWI&s=eD0Fwhq-Hvngv4QzqGaOt0MNHKViBARErSSSKH7nlEo&e= > > Quote"A while ago Hilscher launched a little PCB that could connect > to the Raspberry Pi using the 40-pin connector on it. The PCB had > Hilscher?s secret-sauce Real-Time Ethernet chip on it, a couple of > Ethernet sockets (some Real-Time Ethernet technologies use both > ports) and talked to the Pi using the serial peripheral interface > (SPI) that allows applications running on top of Linux on the Pi to > interwork with Real-Time Ethernet. > Unquote > > > Anybody tried to use this instead? Could it work in your opinion? > > Best wishes, > Jimmy > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2017 06:11:00 -0300 > From: Luiz Otavio O Souza <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u > =http-3A__lists.br- > 40gmail.com&d=DQICAg&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf- > v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=BioQ- > tK_j6bZDXyoL9QCfXogohZu413H1b_1nigONCE&m=fLvlCIvF0J9lKHwupGM_FNrMgYbZ > T8rvC5Akc4cnAWI&s=ThLhqK19jSdkuVSuCfeV0TcZEB6KT4bQnGoj5Tc1sGE&e= > > To: pfSense Support and Discussion Mailing List > <list@lists.pfsense.org> > Subject: Re: [pfSense] Hardware compatibility > Message-ID: > <CAB=2f8wCAYPChADgki5MRhje_nHwzYBbkb+CaoLR=OKn+bMKQg@mail.gmail > .com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > On 5 April 2017 at 05:45, Jimmy PIERRE wrote: > > Greetings, > > > > I have seen many people attempting to use a Raspberry Pi and a RG- > > 45 > > to USB adaptor as a pfsense FW. > > > > I just located a card for the Raspberry: > > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.element14. > > com > > _community_servlet_JiveServlet_downloadImage_38-2D25182- > > 2D394661_710-2 > > D367_nethat.jpg&d=DQICAg&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf- > > v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM > > &r=BioQ- > > tK_j6bZDXyoL9QCfXogohZu413H1b_1nigONCE&m=fLvlCIvF0J9lKHwupGM_F > > NrMgYbZT8rvC5Akc4cnAWI&s=eD0Fwhq- > > Hvngv4QzqGaOt0MNHKViBARErSSSKH7nlEo&e > > = > > > > Quote"A while ago Hilscher launched a little PCB that could connect > > to > > the Raspberry Pi using the 40-pin connector on it. The PCB had > > Hilscher?s secret-sauce Real-Time Ethernet chip on it, a couple of > > Ethernet sockets (some Real-Time Ethernet technologies use both > > ports) > > and talked to the Pi using the serial peripheral interface (SPI) > > that > > allows applications running on top of Linux on the Pi to interwork > > with Real-Time Ethernet. > > Unquote > > > > > > Anybody tried to use this instead? Could it work in your opinion? > > It won't work without the right drivers. This isn't aimed to high > performance network setups (SPI is too slow to drive two ethernets > ports). > > Luiz > > _______________________________________________ pfSense mailing list https://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list Support the project with Gold! https://pfsense.org/gold
