On Aug 21, 2016, at 2:56 AM, Dave Warren <da...@hireahit.com> wrote: > On 2016-08-20 04:02, Jim Thompson wrote: >>> On Aug 20, 2016, at 3:10 AM, Dave Warren <da...@hireahit.com> wrote: >>> >>>> On 2016-08-03 08:43, Steve Yates wrote: >>>> I'm being serious but what is your rationale for not using >>>> pfSense's/NetGate's? >>>> >>>> https://www.pfsense.org/products/ >>>> >>>> The "cheap" part (< $299)? We tried a "build our own" approach and it's >>>> tough to get a small package. Any old PC will do just fine if one adds an >>>> SSD but as someone pointed out that may use far more power in the long run. >>> For me, it's the fact that I want to rackmount my gear, but $1,799.00 is >>> the cheapest option offered on pfSense.org that can rackmount. >> You seem to have added $1000 without justification: >> >> https://store.pfsense.org/SG-4860-1U/ > > Perhaps someone should put that on the https://pfsense.org/ website?
Not to sound like an apologist or a shill for the pfSense project, but in the line just above the "Products" link that you presumably clicked on, right at the very top of the page, is a link labelled "Store". On the same line as the "Store" link is a "Partner Locator" link that goes to a page with a list of MSP, VAR, and Retail companies. That might have been a good place to find official pfSense hardware. :-) > I started at https://pfsense.org/, then clicked on Products, which took me to > https://pfsense.org/products/ which only offers > https://store.pfsense.org/XG-2758/ when I was looking for a new product a > couple weeks ago. It didn't occur to me you would have multiple incomplete > lists of products, so I ordered hardware elsewhere already. Even on that page it's incorrect to say it "only" offers the XG-2758. That's the only one they show in the main table on that page (which presumably is only a "recommended selection" of what they offer, to avoid the table becoming overcrowded). If you click on the big red "PRODUCT FAMILY" link above that then you get a listing that includes the SG-4860-1U. Plus all of the "MORE DETAILS" links in the main table take you to the pfSense Store, where, presumably those curious would browse further (and see that they sell, e.g., high availability solutions). > Shame, I'd rather have supported pfSense, but it's too late now. If you'd been keen on supporting the pfSense project then you'd have done well to read the "Official Product Comparison" section of the "Products" page you mention above. It talks about the benefits of supporting the project, but, moreover, contains obvious links to "The pfSense Store" and "pfSense Partner". I guess you were in a big hurry when you ordered and missed reading that? ;-) Cheers, Paul. _______________________________________________ pfSense mailing list https://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list Support the project with Gold! https://pfsense.org/gold
