I am in kind of the same boat. If you can get the Watchguard appliance to work with pfsense that would be pretty cool, but I bet it will drive up the cost of the units on Ebay :) I have been looking at the machines on hacom.net as well. They have some pretty good candidate machines for installing pfsense on.
Keep us informed of your efforts. On 10/29/07, Andrew Cotter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Andrew Cotter [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 3:12 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [pfSense Support] Watchguard X series platform > > > > Hello, > > > > I have seen a number of posts both here and on the M0n0wall > > list about the older Watchguard Firebox I/II series boxes and > > the ability to use them. > > Does anyone have any experience on the Watchguard Core > > X500/X700/X1000 series boxes? > > > > I am looking for a platform that is a little more powerful > > than the WRAP/ALIX or Sokeris 5501 systems, but would prefer > > to stay away from full blown servers. > > > > Thanks for any input! > > > > Andrew > > > > > > Well I got no response so I went out and picked a Watchguard X500 up off > of > ebay. I am happy to report that once you crack the thing open there is a > nice little onboard slot for a CF. Mine had a 64MB card in it which I > quickly swapped out with a freshly imaged M0n0all CF. I powered it up, > consoled into it, and it saw all 6 adapters. Have not tried pfsense yet, > but I will be trying that out sometime over the next week or so. > > For those of you out there that prefer certain cards, the 6 ports are > Realtek chips which may be a drawback. Needless to say, I am happy a the > gamble I took and will probably be putting this box into full time service > fairly soon. > > Andrew > > > I am in kind of the same boat. If you can get Watchguard appliance to > work with pfsense that would be pretty cool, but I bet it will drive up the > cost of the units on Ebay :) I have been looking at the machines on > hacom.net as well. They have some pretty good candiate machines for > installing pfsense on. > > Keep us informed of your efforts. > >
