[aklug] Re: Small PFSense Router?

If you want routing, firewall, DHCP, and VPN, in a low energy device, you
might try Mikrotik devices. It's ~linux instead of FreeBSD, and no
third-party packages (i.e., you don't get a full linux CLI). But lots of
bang for the buck. How much VPN bandwidth will you need? That's likely to
be your bottleneck, and something the ERL would be better at as it has
hardware acceleration.

On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 2:06 PM, Christopher Howard <christopher@alaskasi.com
> wrote:

> Might Royce or someone be able to give me a little guidance? I wanted to
> play around with integrating a PFSense box into our network, chiefly for
> routing, firewall, and DHCP... maybe play around with VPN functionality
> too. I'm trying to find the cheapest one I can get that is still energy
> efficient. I need only 3 ports. Would maybe this be a good buy?:
>
>
> http://corpshadow.biz/bizstore/alix-combo-kits/alix-2d13-black-combo-kit.html#/compactflash_card-1_gb_cf1slc
>
> I actually found an ERL which was a great price, but I couldn't make
> myself agree to their ridiculous licensing terms, so I'm returning it. I
> could probably get by with DD-WRT on one of our old Linksys routers, but
> I'm rather allured by all the snazzy PFSense screen shots I've been looking
> at lately. :)
>
> --
> Christopher Howard, Computer Assistant
> Alaska Satellite Internet
> 3239 La Ree Way, Fairbanks, AK 99709907-451-0088 or 888-396-5623 (toll free)
> fax: 888-260-3584mailto:christopher@alaskasi.com <christopher@alaskasi.com>http://www.alaskasatelliteinternet.com
>
>

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