AW: [pfSense Support] Wanted: Tips for a VLAN capable switch (for home use)
get a hp procurve 1800-24g it's passive (without fans) it's about 350 $ regards, Martin Von: Ryan L. Faircloth [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Donnerstag, 12. Juni 2008 04:33 An: support@pfsense.com Betreff: RE: [pfSense Support] Wanted: Tips for a VLAN capable switch (for home use) I use HP Procurve 2626 switches around 350 on ebay most days From: Nelson Papel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 2:28 AM To: support@pfsense.com Subject: RE: [pfSense Support] Wanted: Tips for a VLAN capable switch (for home use) A Nortel Baystack 450-24, they are dirt cheap on Ebay ($15-30). I used one for a couple years with no faults. Also the Cisco 2924 and 2950, but those are a bit pricier. From: Victor Padro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 0:46 To: support@pfsense.com Subject: Re: [pfSense Support] Wanted: Tips for a VLAN capable switch (for home use) I'm about to buy one myself, cos my old 1900 Catalyst can't handle VLANs properly. Anyone has experienced 3com baseline 2226 switch? I was even thinking of getting the Linksys SLM2008 for its cheap price, any suggestions? P.S. here in mexico I can't find the HP Procurve switches for less than 560 dls. Saludos. Victor. On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 7:31 AM, Espen Johansen [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not for those swtiches they are EOL and you can get it with any cisco login. On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 11:11 AM, Paul Mansfield [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Espen Johansen wrote: all. And most of them come with Enterprise Image (if you need the newest image, email me offlist and I'll get it for you. erm, IOS updates are a commercial service from Cisco, so it's probably not a wise move to offer this kind of help on a public mailing list! - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [pfSense Support] Wanted: Tips for a VLAN capable switch (for home use)
On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 01:02:54PM +0200, Fuchs, Martin wrote: get a hp procurve 1800-24g it's passive (without fans) it's about 350 $ I second that recommendation -- has been running in an office for a couple months now. Web interface a bit spartanic, but has all the basic options. Has two GBIC slots, too (no idea whether you can use cheap 3rd-part GBICs with it, the HP ones are expensive). -- Eugen* Leitl a href=http://leitl.org;leitl/a http://leitl.org __ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[pfSense Support] Review New Hardware Setup
We are currently using Sokrisis 5501 with the embedded version of PFsense, they work great, but we are noticing that around 150-200 users the CPU starts maxing out. So we need to build a stronger box, here are the specs an employee came up with. With this box we want to have up to 1,000 users. Using captive portal, and traffic shaper. I have already recommend we use a Intel pro 10/100 nic, and not a SMC nic. Anything else that is not supported, or known to be flaky? Also have people had better luck with Intel or AMD based boards? Thanks Adam pfSense High Scalability Platform Dual-Core 1.8GHz Athlon x64 CPUs 1 GB RAM SATA II Hard Disk @ 160GB HARDWARE: - 1 $ 94.99 ARK IPC-4806 Black Steel 4U Server http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16811128015 1 $216.99 TYAN S3970G2N-U-RS 1207(F) ServerWorks HT1000 ATX Server Motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16813151071 1 $174.00 AMD Opteron 2210 Santa Rosa 1.8GHz Socket F 95W Dual-Core Processor Model OSA2210GAA6CQ http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16819105030 1 $ 34.99 Dynatron F558 77mm 2 Ball CPU Cooler http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16835114068 1 $ 59.99 Kingston 1GB (2 x 512MB) 240-Pin DDR2 FB-DIMM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) ECC Fully Buffered Dual Channel Kit Server Memory Model KVR667D2S8F5K2/1G http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16820134340 1 $ 13.99 LITE-ON Black IDE CD-ROM Drive Model DH-52N2P-04 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16827106086 1 $ 7.49 SAMSUNG Black Internal Floppy Drive Model SFD321B/LBL1 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16821103203 2 $ 37.98 SMC SMC9452TX-1 10/ 100/ 1000Mbps PCI EZ Card Copper Gigabit Card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16833129144 1 $ 10.99 ICY DOCK MB449SK-B 5.25 internal Hard drive mobile rack http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16817994047 1 $ 41.99 HITACHI Deskstar 7K160 HDS721616PLA380 (0Y30006) 160GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16822145162 1 $ 59.99 COOLMAX CP-500T 500W EPS12V Power Supply http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16817159040 SOFTWARE: - 1 $ 0.00 FreeBSD/pfSense Free with self-support TOTAL: $753.39 - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [pfSense Support] Review New Hardware Setup
Sorry to butt in to this question, but i think it kinda goes along. Has anybody tried the new Inet atom based processors for something like this? They have made a few ITX boards for a pretty cheap price. They even have intel chipsets. http://www.malabs.com/product.asp?product_sku=76171item_no=MB-945GCLFshow= bpass=shopid= looks interesting. Thant and a good intel quad nic may be the way too go. Too bad it has a realtek nic onboard. An intel would have made this unit much better IMO. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 9:59 AM To: support@pfsense.com Subject: [pfSense Support] Review New Hardware Setup We are currently using Sokrisis 5501 with the embedded version of PFsense, they work great, but we are noticing that around 150-200 users the CPU starts maxing out. So we need to build a stronger box, here are the specs an employee came up with. With this box we want to have up to 1,000 users. Using captive portal, and traffic shaper. I have already recommend we use a Intel pro 10/100 nic, and not a SMC nic. Anything else that is not supported, or known to be flaky? Also have people had better luck with Intel or AMD based boards? Thanks Adam pfSense High Scalability Platform Dual-Core 1.8GHz Athlon x64 CPUs 1 GB RAM SATA II Hard Disk @ 160GB HARDWARE: - 1 $ 94.99 ARK IPC-4806 Black Steel 4U Server http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16811128015 1 $216.99 TYAN S3970G2N-U-RS 1207(F) ServerWorks HT1000 ATX Server Motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16813151071 1 $174.00 AMD Opteron 2210 Santa Rosa 1.8GHz Socket F 95W Dual-Core Processor Model OSA2210GAA6CQ http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16819105030 1 $ 34.99 Dynatron F558 77mm 2 Ball CPU Cooler http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16835114068 1 $ 59.99 Kingston 1GB (2 x 512MB) 240-Pin DDR2 FB-DIMM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) ECC Fully Buffered Dual Channel Kit Server Memory Model KVR667D2S8F5K2/1G http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16820134340 1 $ 13.99 LITE-ON Black IDE CD-ROM Drive Model DH-52N2P-04 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16827106086 1 $ 7.49 SAMSUNG Black Internal Floppy Drive Model SFD321B/LBL1 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16821103203 2 $ 37.98 SMC SMC9452TX-1 10/ 100/ 1000Mbps PCI EZ Card Copper Gigabit Card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16833129144 1 $ 10.99 ICY DOCK MB449SK-B 5.25 internal Hard drive mobile rack http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16817994047 1 $ 41.99 HITACHI Deskstar 7K160 HDS721616PLA380 (0Y30006) 160GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16822145162 1 $ 59.99 COOLMAX CP-500T 500W EPS12V Power Supply http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16817159040 SOFTWARE: - 1 $ 0.00 FreeBSD/pfSense Free with self-support TOTAL: $753.39 - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ NOD32 3181 (20080612) Information __ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [pfSense Support] Review New Hardware Setup
I would try one of these. http://www.ironsystems.com/items.asp?Cc=ACLASS 1U's are nice. Curtis LaMasters http://www.curtis-lamasters.com http://www.builtnetworks.com
Re: [pfSense Support] Review New Hardware Setup
On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 1:40 PM, Paul Mansfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: from a previous discussion, Opteron processors are best. Not necessarily at this time. The biggest factor in pps throughput is L1 cache size. AMD procs used to have significantly more L1 cache than Intels and hence were much more scalable in pps throughput, but I believe there isn't much if any difference now. Depends on which ones you're comparing. But we're discussing multi-Gbps and 500+ Kpps capable hardware when a relatively puny 5501 is almost adequate now, and only looking to accommodate a 5* increase in load. Any new system you buy today is going to push 20 times what a 5501 will, and have power to spare. Make sure you get Intel PRO/1000 PCI-e cards, even if you just have a 100 Mb network at this time. It's not much more money and gives you significantly more scalability. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
