Re: [pfSense] Low(ish) cost pfSense platforms

2012-06-26 Thread Diego Barrios
USB 2.0 can only achieve 420Mbps. http://www.amazon.com/TRENDnet-USB-100Mbps-Adapter-TU2-ET100/dp/B7IFED My two cents. Seko - Original Message - From: "Scott Lambert" To: "pfSense support and discussion" Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 12:57:59 PM S

Re: [pfSense] Low(ish) cost pfSense platforms

2012-06-26 Thread Scott Lambert
On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 09:25:32PM -0400, Chris Buechler wrote: > On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 8:55 PM, Jim Thompson wrote: > > > > It strikes me that if you only care about 10/100 Ethernet, you could also > > use a USB - Ethernet adapter. > > Not sure there are any with reliable drivers, though I hav

Re: [pfSense] Low(ish) cost pfSense platforms

2012-06-26 Thread Pim van Stam
On 26 jun. 2012, at 11:49, Chris Bagnall wrote: > On 26/6/12 9:23 am, Pim van Stam wrote: >> For higher demands than a Alix can deliver we use Jetway MB's with a >> daughterboard option, like the NC9C-550-LF and AD3INLANG >> Links: >> http://www.jetway.com.tw/jw/ipcboard_view.asp?productid=781&p

Re: [pfSense] Low(ish) cost pfSense platforms

2012-06-26 Thread Chris Bagnall
On 26/6/12 9:23 am, Pim van Stam wrote: For higher demands than a Alix can deliver we use Jetway MB's with a daughterboard option, like the NC9C-550-LF and AD3INLANG Links: http://www.jetway.com.tw/jw/ipcboard_view.asp?productid=781&proname=NC9C-550-LF http://www.jetway.com.tw/jw/ipcboard_view.a

Re: [pfSense] Low(ish) cost pfSense platforms

2012-06-26 Thread Pim van Stam
ards with daugherboard possibility. The daughterboard can be with realtek or intel chipset. Then you have a total of 4 Gbit interfaces Depending on the case you could come under $300. I'm interested in other options too. With kind regards, Pim van Stam > Regards, > > Seko >

Re: [pfSense] Low(ish) cost pfSense platforms

2012-06-25 Thread Moshe Katz
On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 9:25 PM, Chris Buechler wrote: > On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 8:55 PM, Jim Thompson wrote: > > > > It strikes me that if you only care about 10/100 Ethernet, you could also > > use a USB - Ethernet adapter. > > Not sure there are any with reliable drivers, though I haven't > e

Re: [pfSense] Low(ish) cost pfSense platforms

2012-06-25 Thread Chris Buechler
On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 8:55 PM, Jim Thompson wrote: > > It strikes me that if you only care about 10/100 Ethernet, you could also > use a USB - Ethernet adapter. Not sure there are any with reliable drivers, though I haven't experimented much at all with them, just going by user feedback. Those

Re: [pfSense] Low(ish) cost pfSense platforms

2012-06-25 Thread Jim Thompson
quot;Jim Thompson" > To: "pfSense support and discussion" > Cc: "ignacio" > Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 8:58:33 PM > Subject: Re: [pfSense] Low(ish) cost pfSense platforms > > > On Jun 25, 2012, at 6:45 PM, Diego Barrios wrote: > > Hi

Re: [pfSense] Low(ish) cost pfSense platforms

2012-06-25 Thread Diego Barrios
- From: "Jim Thompson" To: "pfSense support and discussion" Cc: "ignacio" Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 8:58:33 PM Subject: Re: [pfSense] Low(ish) cost pfSense platforms On Jun 25, 2012, at 6:45 PM, Diego Barrios < s...@techsystem.com.br > wrot

Re: [pfSense] Low(ish) cost pfSense platforms

2012-06-25 Thread Jim Thompson
On Jun 25, 2012, at 6:45 PM, Diego Barrios wrote: > Hi Chris, > > I have the same problem here, need a "low-power low-cost" solution like the > excelent Alix board, but with 4 or more 10/100 ports. > > After weeks of research I discovered that there is nothing like the Alix > boards with mor

Re: [pfSense] Low(ish) cost pfSense platforms

2012-06-25 Thread Diego Barrios
e the same point of view here... we just need an Alix 2D13 but with 5 NICs =| Regards, Seko - Original Message - From: "Chris Bagnall" To: "pfSense support and discussion" Sent: Friday, June 8, 2012 1:49:45 PM Subject: [pfSense] Low(ish) cost pfSense pla

Re: [pfSense] Low(ish) cost pfSense platforms

2012-06-09 Thread David Burgess
On Jun 9, 2012 12:47 PM, "Larry Sampas" wrote: > > For my small-office installs the Supermicro Atoms are doing great, but I have not yet had one at scale (thousands of concurrent states running at > 20Mbps). I have that same board on a 30/3 connection that hits 30,000 states on a daily basis. No

Re: [pfSense] Low(ish) cost pfSense platforms

2012-06-09 Thread Larry Sampas
I've been using the Supermicro Atom Boards, specifically the D510 here: http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/ATOM/ICH9/X7SPA.cfm?typ=H My first Atom 330 was a disaster because of the RealTek NICs, but the Supermicro above has two Intel NICs that have no issues running jumbo frames. For

Re: [pfSense] Low(ish) cost pfSense platforms

2012-06-09 Thread Chris Bagnall
On 9/6/12 2:14 am, Dave Warren wrote: So they're not horrible choices (Mine is running on a P4 right now), but they're not my first choice. Still, the upfront cost for these beasts is cheap, going newer enough to cut power may not be worth it. I guess that depends how much you're paying for pow

Re: [pfSense] Low(ish) cost pfSense platforms

2012-06-08 Thread Dave Warren
On 6/8/2012 12:03 PM, Moshe Katz wrote: For small locations, I use refurbished Pentium 4 and Pentium D machines with a bunch of PCI network cards (often Intel dual-port, which can now be found cheap on eBay). It doesn't look (or sound) that same as a little embedded system but it's pretty depen

Re: [pfSense] Low(ish) cost pfSense platforms

2012-06-08 Thread Andy Holzrichter
:list-boun...@lists.pfsense.org] On Behalf Of Chris Bagnall Sent: Friday, June 08, 2012 11:50 AM To: pfSense support and discussion Subject: [pfSense] Low(ish) cost pfSense platforms Greetings list, For many years I've been deploying pfSense on ALIX boards. They've proven to be reliable and a

Re: [pfSense] Low(ish) cost pfSense platforms

2012-06-08 Thread Moshe Katz
On Friday, June 8, 2012, Chris Bagnall wrote: > On 8/6/12 6:12 pm, Tim Nelson wrote: > >> If you really don't need the throughput of an additional physical NIC, a >> VLAN capable switch will give you as many 'ports' as you need. :) >> > > That is in fact what I'm currently doing (with the HP 1700-

Re: [pfSense] Low(ish) cost pfSense platforms

2012-06-08 Thread Chris Bagnall
On 8/6/12 6:12 pm, Tim Nelson wrote: If you really don't need the throughput of an additional physical NIC, a VLAN capable switch will give you as many 'ports' as you need. :) That is in fact what I'm currently doing (with the HP 1700-8 switches). But it's a two-box solution which, in some en

Re: [pfSense] Low(ish) cost pfSense platforms

2012-06-08 Thread Tim Nelson
- Original Message - > Greetings list, > > For many years I've been deploying pfSense on ALIX boards. They've > proven to be reliable and a good balance between cost and > performance. > Price in the UK is about 120 GBP (including PSU and chassis), which > means that they're cost-comparabl

[pfSense] Low(ish) cost pfSense platforms

2012-06-08 Thread Chris Bagnall
Greetings list, For many years I've been deploying pfSense on ALIX boards. They've proven to be reliable and a good balance between cost and performance. Price in the UK is about 120 GBP (including PSU and chassis), which means that they're cost-comparable with Draytek's higher end units (whi