I would run pfsence in a vm at a LAN party but for a home/office I can not
afford to risk security. if you worry about Power use use a micro ATX
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On 2013-08-05, at 7:54 PM, Brett Delmage
wrote:
> On Mon, 5 Aug 2013, Jeff Moncrieff wrote:
>
>> I run pfSense but not as a VM
I'm looking for someone who is willing to drive to near Algonquin
College and who has thermal paste and other supplies.
My heatsink was loose and I wobbled it.
My computer shut down (overheating).
I have no supplies to clean off the old stuff and redo it.
I'd rather not buy everything I need and
On Mon, 5 Aug 2013, Jeff Moncrieff wrote:
I run pfSense but not as a VM I do not like the idea of running a router on a
virtual machine. it a security risk better to get a cheap system.
If power use, physical space, and reliability are not of concern, sure why
not.
_
I run pfSense but not as a VM I do not like the idea of running a router on a
virtual machine. it a security risk better to get a cheap system.
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On 2013-08-05, at 3:01 PM, Brett Delmage wrote:
> On Mon, 5 Aug 2013, Mike Hopper wrote:
>
>> And ya...I felt kind of dirty su
On Mon, 5 Aug 2013, Mike Hopper wrote:
And ya...I felt kind of dirty suggesting a BSD based solution on here!
Heh. I think Linux users are among the smartest to understand that using
the best tool for a job makes sense. Linux is... in many cases, but not
all.
I've been investigating virtua
I meant pfsense does more than the *-WRTs. All kinds of plugin modules like
antivirus and such. Cool stuff.
And ya...I felt kind of dirty suggesting a BSD based solution on here!
-Mike
On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 6:45 PM, Alex Pilon wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 12:59 PM, Robert P. J. Day >wr
I am going to build a nice router based on BSD soon then build a wireless
router on DDwrt I have picked hardware for this yet I will probably go with
linksys wl54gl
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On 2013-08-05, at 2:45 PM, Alex Pilon wrote:
>> On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 12:59 PM, Robert P. J. Day
>> wrote
> On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 12:59 PM, Robert P. J. Day
> wrote:
> > friend wants to buy a wireless router […] i haven't looked at the
> > possibilities in a while -- any suggestions for a state-of-the-art
> > wireless router for which there is ready support for reflashing with
> > linux?
On Mon, Aug
If he REALLY wants something to play with...why not a REAL router? Kits
from this website are cheap(ish), solid, and you choose the
OS:http://store.netgate.com/Desktop-Kits-C82.aspx(there are many more
of these sites).
Just add a wireless AP or one of their add-on cards and you have a pretty
nice
I've been using Tomato/MLPPP on my Linksys WRT54GL for years and it's
pretty solid. Only does up to wireless G though, so there might be
something better by now.
Regards,
Jeremy Carter
A+ Certified Computer Support Specialist
Linux+/LPIC-1 Certified Linux Administrator
Algonquin College Certified
friend wants to buy a wireless router and wants to install one of
the common linux-based distros on it (openwrt, dd-wrt, tomato,
whatever). i haven't looked at the possibilities in a while -- any
suggestions for a state-of-the-art wireless router for which there is
ready support for reflashing w
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