On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 12:20 AM, Glenn Kelley <[email protected]> wrote: > I am trying to find the best hardware to run PFSense. > I need to be able to have at least 6 ethernet ports in some cases - We are > unable to do vlans because of the number of items we need a direct connection > into the unit with. > > In short - we plan on sticking the unit in a case that is roughly 300+ foot > in the air - and we do not have the ability to place a switch to go to the > radios. > > While the Routerboard 450G looks great - I do not believe it would run > pfsense (think its mips based) > > Anyone know of any similar Alix boards that could do this for us ?
The cheapest new hardware option I'm aware of that can do 6 or more NICs is a Soekris 5501 with a dual or quad port card, for 6-8 ports. About $375-400. That's the only very low power option I'm aware of, should draw under 10 wt. Lots of options when you get up to $600+ for much more powerful systems, generally around 30 wt power consumption. Based on what I know about the environment from talking to Glenn about it off-list, the 5501 would be adequate for this type of deployment. I'm not aware of a cheaper option unless you want to mess around with used hardware. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
