[kwlug-disc] PFSense and USB 2.0 NICs

[Colin Mackay]

Looks as if I'll just have to stick with my backup plan.  Turn the atom
into a low powered Asterisk box, to clear the VM off my other box.  For the
moment, I'll stick with my old router running DD-WRT. :)


Any recommendations on a low powered box with dual NIC that I can get in
Canada, specifically for pfsense?

Note that this is for home / tinkering use...  not a company.


Thanks folks!

On Sat, Jul 9, 2016 at 9:51 PM, bob+kwlug at softscape.ca <
bob+kwlug at softscape.ca> wrote:

> I have had success experimenting with pfSense on a laptop with a single
> NIC and using VLANs to break out the various network segments. I never got
> to put it into production, but got it to do everything I needed it to do.
>
> You would need a small managed switch to separate the VLANs into
> individual Ethernet ports, but I think you can find pretty cheap ones that
> can do that.
>
> BB
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: kwlug-disc [mailto:kwlug-disc-bounces at kwlug.org] On Behalf Of
> Colin
> > Mackay
> > Sent: Friday, July 08, 2016 8:40 PM
> > To: KWLUG discussion
> > Subject: [kwlug-disc] PFSense and USB 2.0 NICs
> > Importance: High
> >
> > Hello folks,
> >
> >
> > I have a 1.6Ghz dual core ATOM box sitting idle in the basement, from
> what
> > I've seen it'll be able to run pfsense without too much trouble.
> >
> >
> > The issue is that, aside from the Wireless card, it only has a single
> NIC.
> > Has anyone out there used a USB NIC with pfsense?  It'd be used for my
> WAN
> > connection.
> >
> >
> > I've googled around a bit, but most of the answers are from 2012 or
> > earlier.
> >
> >
> > Thanks all.
>
>
>
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