----- Original Message ----- From: "Ryan" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 4:02:59 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [pfSense Support] potential pfsense hardware
> I'm thinking about picking up a Supermicro Atom based system > for use with pfSense: > > http://www.supermicro.com/products/system/1U/5015/SYS-5015A-H. > cfm?typ=H > > Any thoughts on potential issues with running pfSense on this > hardware? > > Thanks in advance, > Sterling Windmill > The realtek nics they use are not the best. I wish they would use intel. It is an intel board after all. If I only use the realtek NICs for my relatively slow WAN(s) do you think this box would work well with an Intel quad port PCIe NIC handling the interfaces with more traffic?
