Re: [pfSense-discussion] optimal way for a colo setup

2009-11-09 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Mon, Nov 09, 2009 at 11:28:46PM +1100, Aristedes Maniatis wrote: > What you describe is exactly what we are in the process of rolling out, > although we are using a different (higher powered) Supermicro server. They > make a nice 1RU (half depth) unit with 4 NICs on the front panel. Interest

Re: [pfSense-discussion] optimal way for a colo setup

2009-11-09 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Mon, Nov 09, 2009 at 07:54:57AM -0500, Chris Buechler wrote: > Lots of options there - they're discussed in depth in the book. I Alas -- Amazon.com estimates delivery for early January 2010. No way to purchase an electronic copy I could get hold of earlier than January? > generally prefer get

Re: [pfSense-discussion] optimal way for a colo setup

2009-11-09 Thread Chris Buechler
On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 7:17 AM, Eugen Leitl wrote: > > I've built a 1.2.3RC3 box on beforementioned Supermicro > dual-core Atom box with an Intel dual-port server NIC > and a 2 GByte Transcend DoM (some 200 EUR the Supermicro > kit, 35 EUR memory, and 100 EUR the dual-port Intel > NIC, the DoM is

Re: [pfSense-discussion] optimal way for a colo setup

2009-11-09 Thread Aristedes Maniatis
On 9/11/09 11:17 PM, Eugen Leitl wrote: So what do I do with my /24? Private IP space behind LAN, and 1:1 for every address? (That would be pretty difficult to recover from should my firewall die, right now every box has public IPs and can be fully routed even though then directly exposed to the

[pfSense-discussion] optimal way for a colo setup

2009-11-09 Thread Eugen Leitl
I've built a 1.2.3RC3 box on beforementioned Supermicro dual-core Atom box with an Intel dual-port server NIC and a 2 GByte Transcend DoM (some 200 EUR the Supermicro kit, 35 EUR memory, and 100 EUR the dual-port Intel NIC, the DoM is some 20-30 EUR IIRC). All four NICs (onboard Realteks and Inte