On Fri, 2008-09-26 at 09:44 +0100, Adam Retter wrote: > If you hacker side is emerging then does it really have to be pfSense > or m0n0wall? Why not go the whole hog and do your own setup.
Word. Bill;) > I have a net 4801 that I have had running for a few years now with > OpenBSD on it and PF. There are blenty of PF tutorials and documents > out there for people who have some time to spare. > > 2008/9/26 Chris Boot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Jim, > > > > If you're looking to run pfSense I've found it doesn't work so well > > anymore on a net4801, you need something beefier to get anywhere with > > it. pfSense is less designed for embedded hardware than it is for > > full-blown PCs, while m0n0wall is still aimed at the smaller devices > > (and even that is starting to have trouble with less-powerful machines > > like the 4801). > > > > I'd really recommend a net5501 for any new projects, despite the added > > cost, size, and no doubt power consumption... > > > > Chris > > > > Jim Arnold wrote: > >> Thanks in advance for humoring me with my unimportant story and > >> questions... > >> > >> For the last few years a FreeBSD box running IPF has been protecting > >> my little home cable modem network. Back then I was having fun hacking > >> around teaching myself Unix. Once I finally migrated to OSX from > >> System 9 I stopped playing around with Unix except for my little > >> firewall and occasional peeks under OS X's hood. > >> > >> A recent storm took out my power supply on that firewall box. > >> Unfortunately it was a proprietary power supply. I liberated a FreeBSD > >> box out of the closet loaded with FreeBSD 4.11 and tried to duplicate > >> my old firewall. Despite extensive documentation of my old system > >> files I could not get this new box to work as my firewall. > >> > >> While searching around for a solutions I came across m0n0wall and > >> PFSense. Getting them to install and work was very simple, especially > >> PFSense, which was installed on a hard drive. Next I read about using > >> a CF card instead of a hard drive. A few days later my IDE/CF adapter > >> arrived and in minutes I had PFSense running off the compactflash > >> card. My old Geek Hacker self was re-emerging. :) > >> > >> Then I read about the Soekris boxes. > >> > >> My router/firewall is in the basement so noise is not an issue. Now > >> that I have the CF installed a power supply failure is the only weak > >> link in the box. But since this was a home-built box it has a standard > >> PS which will be easy to replace if necessary. > >> > >> The only reason I can come up with to plunk down $243 for a 4801, > >> power supply and shipping, is to save power. I calculated my current > >> router/firewall expends about 200 watts to run. That costs me $110 a > >> year to power If my calculations are correct. If the 4801 takes 10 > >> watts to power that would cost $5.50 a year. > >> > >> Is this a good enough rationalization? > >> > >> What is a reasonable lifespan of a Soekris box? > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Soekris-tech mailing list > >> Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com > >> http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Soekris-tech mailing list > > Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com > > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech > > > > > -- "There is nothing to worry about" - unknown _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
