Re: [pfSense] pfSense appliance recommendation?

2012-04-17 Thread Luke Jaeger
Went with the Netgate 1U Alix box - it was a breeze to set up, simple solid. If the folks who make this product are on this list, nice job! Luke Jaeger | Technology Coordinator Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public School www.pvpa.org On Apr 1, 2012, at 7:26 PM, Chris Buechler wrote:

Re: [pfSense] pfSense appliance recommendation?

2012-04-07 Thread Chris Buechler
On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 7:28 PM, Luke Jaeger ad...@pvpa.org wrote: the WAN is only 7 Mbps down so throughput won't be high no matter what! But we'll probably want to set it up to serve DHCP and run squid/squidguard on it. Then anything with a hard drive should suffice (ALIX would otherwise be

Re: [pfSense] pfSense appliance recommendation?

2012-04-01 Thread Brian Henson
I use an ALIX board and i have only had to work on it once and that was when i upgraded to 2.0. On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 7:06 PM, Luke Jaeger ad...@pvpa.org wrote: helping someone spec a new router for a small business network, currently 10 users (more in future, hopefully) - it needs to be a

Re: [pfSense] pfSense appliance recommendation?

2012-04-01 Thread Mehma Sarja
On 4/1/12 4:06 PM, Luke Jaeger wrote: helping someone spec a new router for a small business network, currently 10 users (more in future, hopefully) - it needs to be a 'set it and forget it' solution so I thought about a pfSense appliance. Anyone have an opinion about a particular make/model?

Re: [pfSense] pfSense appliance recommendation?

2012-04-01 Thread Brian Henson
If you want a rack server they can be gotten refurbished for really cheap at geeks.com or ebay On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 7:20 PM, Mehma Sarja mehmasa...@gmail.com wrote: On 4/1/12 4:06 PM, Luke Jaeger wrote: helping someone spec a new router for a small business network, currently 10 users

Re: [pfSense] pfSense appliance recommendation?

2012-04-01 Thread Chris Buechler
On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 7:06 PM, Luke Jaeger ad...@pvpa.org wrote: helping someone spec a new router for a small business network, currently 10 users (more in future, hopefully) - it needs to be a 'set it and forget it' solution so I thought about a pfSense appliance. Anyone have an opinion

Re: [pfSense] pfSense appliance recommendation?

2012-04-01 Thread Luke Jaeger
the WAN is only 7 Mbps down so throughput won't be high no matter what! But we'll probably want to set it up to serve DHCP and run squid/squidguard on it. Luke Jaeger | Technology Coordinator Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public School www.pvpa.org On Apr 1, 2012, at 7:26 PM, Chris