I'm still very happy with clearos (was clark). I'm using it on a via epia dual 
gigabit board. Stable.  Works fine. 
Sent via BlackBerry 

-----Original Message-----
From: maccrawj <maccr...@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 14:11:45 
To: <hardware@hardwaregroup.com>
Subject: Re: [H] 1000 Mbps vs 100 Mpbs????

Well for home use this sounds like overkill especially if it needs more than a 
little 
12W embedded device to run. I do see where a larger setup could benefit from 
it, but 
that's apples to oranges.

On 5/10/2010 6:41 AM, Greg Sevart wrote:
> Yes. You can use pfSense as an access point I think, but that really isn't
> its purpose. It is designed to be a firewall and/or router first and
> foremost. If you did implement one, you'd probably want to take any existing
> device that you have performing routing/firewall/NAT duties and disable
> those functions.
>
> You could configure pfSense as a transparent firewall in front of or behind
> your existing router, but that's honestly not going to provide a great deal
> of value in most implementations.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-
>> boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Naushad, Zulfiqar
>> Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 8:17 AM
>> To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
>> Subject: Re: [H] 1000 Mbps vs 100 Mpbs????
>>
>> I see.
>>
>> Very interesting.
>>
>> But if I wanted a pfSense box, then that would make my router redundant.
>> I would have to just use it as an AP right?
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com
>> [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Greg Sevart
>> Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 4:14 PM
>> To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
>> Subject: Re: [H] 1000 Mbps vs 100 Mpbs????
>>
>> pfSense was forked from m0n0wall several years ago to provide expanded
>> features not consistent with m0n0wall's minimalist approach suitable to
>> smaller, embedded systems. It also uses the (IMO) more robust and less
>> quirky BSD packet filter (pf) instead of ipfw. They offer a similar
> interface and
>> either one should be fairly familiar if you've used the other.
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-
>>> boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Naushad, Zulfiqar
>>> Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 8:03 AM
>>> To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
>>> Subject: Re: [H] 1000 Mbps vs 100 Mpbs????
>>>
>>> What's better?  pfSENSE or M0n0wall?
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
>

Reply via email to