>>>>> "Brian" == Brian Martin <[email protected]> writes:
Brian> All, I'm looking for a hardware recommendation from fellow Brian> Pluggers. I need an inexpensive, fairly minimal system to run Brian> pfSense firewall software. Something equivalent to Atom Brian> processors or better would be fine. On the order of 512M Brian> should meet our needs. 4-5 Ethernet NICs are required to allow Brian> multiple ISPs and internal zones. The device will be installed Brian> at a client site, so it needs to have a presentable image Brian> rather than look like a science project. I can get something Brian> from Logic Supply for ~$700, but that seems really expensive Brian> for what I want. What's on the market these days that I should Brian> consider? I assume you've looked here: https://www.pfsense.org/hardware/index.html#vendors I don't do pfsense, but it looks like it is x86 only. If you were willing to consider linux instead of bsd, then your options open considerably. If not, stop reading now, partial solutions follow: Many modern wifi routers are going to have 5 ethernet jacks, which you can segment with vlan tagging into seperate networks. There are mostly going to be MIPS architecture, or maybe ARM, but not many in the x86. The pcengines.ch APU (x86) might be worth considering, though it has only 3 ethernet interfaces, maybe not enough for you. I have some mikrotik rb493g boards with 9 gigE jacks (split across 2 switch chips), 680MHz MIPS cpu, 256Meg RAM, plus three miniPCI sockets for adding radios (or ??). They were circa $175 each. They run OpenWrt. A Netgear WNDR3800 has the same CPU, with less RAM. I got some recently off ebay for $30+shipping, it is EOL'd since about a year ago. -- Russell Senior, President [email protected] _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
