[pfSense Support] Appliance Recommendation for 100 Mbps (DOCSIS 3.0) Service
Christmas came early this year, and I am moving to the new DOCSIS 3.0 service that is available from my ISP. This new service will provide a 100/5 Mbps service which is a nice upgrade from the 15/1 Mbps service that I currently have in place. Unfortunately, the reliable ALIX appliances I have used to run pfSense will not support the full downstream bandwidth of this new service. The ALIX model I have currently use is the ALIX2D3 which use the AMD Geode LX800 500 MHz chip and is not quite beefy enough for the full 100 Mbps unfortunately. So, I need to seek out a new ALIX-like appliance to purchase, or I have to build a new mini-ITX box to get the full capabilities of the connection. Before I research the best custom mini-ITX system build options, I wanted to ask the list for any experience-based recommendations on low power consumption appliances for purchase that have enough CPU power to support 100 Mbps and above. (Quality and future-proofing is more important than cost.) Thanks in advance to anyone who replies. Best regards, Michael Service link, in case there is an interest: http://www.shaw.ca/en-ca/ProductsServices/Internet/Nitro/
RE: [pfSense Support] Appliance Recommendation for 100 Mbps (DOCSIS 3.0) Service
There's a nice Nokia ip530 for sale in the hardware section of the pfSense forum. Not affiliated, but a happy owner/user. From: Michael Riglin [mailto:michael.rig...@shaw.ca] Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 10:00 AM To: support@pfsense.com Subject: [pfSense Support] Appliance Recommendation for 100 Mbps (DOCSIS 3.0) Service Christmas came early this year, and I am moving to the new DOCSIS 3.0 service that is available from my ISP. This new service will provide a 100/5 Mbps service which is a nice upgrade from the 15/1 Mbps service that I currently have in place. Unfortunately, the reliable ALIX appliances I have used to run pfSense will not support the full downstream bandwidth of this new service. The ALIX model I have currently use is the ALIX2D3 which use the AMD Geode LX800 500 MHz chip and is not quite beefy enough for the full 100 Mbps unfortunately. So, I need to seek out a new ALIX-like appliance to purchase, or I have to build a new mini-ITX box to get the full capabilities of the connection. Before I research the best custom mini-ITX system build options, I wanted to ask the list for any experience-based recommendations on low power consumption appliances for purchase that have enough CPU power to support 100 Mbps and above. (Quality and future-proofing is more important than cost.) Thanks in advance to anyone who replies. Best regards, Michael Service link, in case there is an interest: http://www.shaw.ca/en-ca/ProductsServices/Internet/Nitro/
Re: [pfSense Support] Appliance Recommendation for 100 Mbps (DOCSIS 3.0) Service
Hi, Op 1-9-2010 17:00, Michael Riglin schreef: have enough CPU power to support 100 Mbps and above. (Quality and future-proofing is more important than cost.) Well, if you search the forum for the Lanner FW7535 you should be able to find the benchmarks. This firewall platform is sold with either a single or dual core atom N410 or N510 respectively. The price is hefty though at about 600 euros without taxes. You do get a 6 gigabit port firewall that can do 480Mbps in one direction or 210 in both. You can add either a CF or a 2.5 inch notebook disk for installing pfSense. I'm pretty sure that there are way cheaper mini itx boards with dual gig ports and a atom processor. I saw a mini itx case with power supply for 59 euros. Alternatively a mini itx with a single gig port and a managed vlan switch like the Procurve 1810G-8 would still be cheaper alltogether and give you a nice gigabit lan switch in the process. Regards, Seth Thanks in advance to anyone who replies. Best regards, Michael Service link, in case there is an interest: http://www.shaw.ca/en-ca/ProductsServices/Internet/Nitro/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: support-unsubscr...@pfsense.com For additional commands, e-mail: support-h...@pfsense.com Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
Re: [pfSense Support] Appliance Recommendation for 100 Mbps (DOCSIS 3.0) Service
Is there any case which can contain two motherboards and two power supplies? It would be nice hTo have one 1U case with clustered pfsense inside. Regards, Tonino Jeppe Øland ha scritto: I did a similar speed upgrade to find my trusty old WRAP capped out at like 15 mbit. What I ended up getting was a mini-ITX enclosure/PSU: http://www.mini-box.com/M350-enclosure-with-picoPSU-80-and-60W-adapter Supermicro X7SPA-H motherboard (It's fanless, so quiet and reliable): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813182233nm_mc=OTC-Frooglecm_mmc=OTC-Froogle-_-Motherboards+-+Server-_-SuperMicro-_-13182233 And of course some RAM. That thing isn't even breaking a sweat saturating the connection, and power usage was something like 18 watts if I remember correctly. Regards, -Jeppe - To unsubscribe, e-mail: support-unsubscr...@pfsense.com For additional commands, e-mail: support-h...@pfsense.com Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org -- in...@zioniInterazioni di Antonio Nati http://www.interazioni.it to...@interazioni.it - To unsubscribe, e-mail: support-unsubscr...@pfsense.com For additional commands, e-mail: support-h...@pfsense.com Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
Re: [pfSense Support] Appliance Recommendation for 100 Mbps (DOCSIS 3.0) Service
On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 11:17 AM, stephen at stephenjc step...@stephenjc.com wrote: Supermicro twin is like that but they share a ps. I was going to suggest that it wouldn't be hard to modify a SM twin to use dual independent PicoPSU or M4-ATX or the like, but it appears the twins are all Xeon models, and perhaps a little power-hungry for DC power supplies. Anybody know otherwise? db - To unsubscribe, e-mail: support-unsubscr...@pfsense.com For additional commands, e-mail: support-h...@pfsense.com Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
Re: [pfSense Support] Appliance Recommendation for 100 Mbps (DOCSIS 3.0) Service
- Tonix (Antonio Nati) to...@interazioni.it wrote: Is there any case which can contain two motherboards and two power supplies? It would be nice hTo have one 1U case with clustered pfsense inside. Travla makes the T1200 which holds 2x Mini-itx boards with independent PSUs: http://www.travla.com/product_d.php?id=16 --Tim - To unsubscribe, e-mail: support-unsubscr...@pfsense.com For additional commands, e-mail: support-h...@pfsense.com Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
